Ask HN: Strange: Why haven't TI graphing calculators dropped in price?

Re:Ask HN: Strange: Why haven't TI graphing calculators drop... by jacquesm on Sunday October 03, 2010 @06:36PM (#1753833)

The deal is that they are pretty much required and if you have a captive market then you can make your price whatever the poor folks will be able to pay for it.

Or would you like your child to be behind the rest of the class?

This sort of thing will happen whenever a piece of gear becomes 'mandated'.

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Re:Ask HN: Strange: Why haven't TI graphing calculators drop... by malandrew on Sunday October 03, 2010 @11:00PM (#1754433)

This is why simple GNU/Linux based computers with open-source software should become the mandatory platform for schools.

There's no reason that TI graphing calculators should be mandatory in this day and age

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Re:Ask HN: Strange: Why haven't TI graphing calculators drop... by javanix on Monday October 04, 2010 @03:53PM (#1757090)

Well, part of the reason why TI hardware is required and not just graphing software is that students often need something they can take home with them.

Laptops running GNU/Linux, despite having no software costs, will still be significantly more expensive than even $140 calculators.

What is needed is an open source, cheap hardware calculator, and as far as I know, nobody has anything like that on the market.

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