Advantages: Packed with useful features
Disadvantages: Are there any??

...This Casio CFX-9850G Plus calculator is a great little machine. It is stacked with features that are incredibly useful to people such as maths students. Not only is this a cracking piece of kit, it's robust too. I've had mine for about four years now and its still working perfectly, despite being knocked about a fair bit because of its regular use. The calculator is quite easy to use once you've messed around on it for a bit; it is easy enough to pick up and use. This is aided by the good graphical interface and the sort of 'cursor' that you move around to navigate the menus. If you are reasonably competent with technology, the controls should pose no problems at all. Now, on to the features. As well as the bog standard things that all calculators do (addition, multiplication etc.), the ability to do matrix calculations... Read review

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Advantages: Loads of features, nice programming language, clear screen
Disadvantages: Comms facility doesn't work

...Graphic calculators have come a long way in recent years. I bought one of Casio's earliest efforts in the sector, the fx-7000GA (which I still have), about eight years ago, and thought it was the bee's knees. Putting it side by side with my current workhorse, the CFX-9850G, however, points up just how far things have advanced in that time. The older machine had a whopping 422 bytes(!) of RAM, for example - this one has about 60 times that.... The Casio name in itself is enough to make many people take notice. Casio have an excellent reputation for making good calculators, and I think it's entirely deserved. Their experience with school-level calcs means that their products tend to be robust and well-built, which is the case with the CFX-9850G. Everything is made of hard-wearing plastic, including the keys. At first, their slightly... Read review

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Advantages: Can be very useful,lots of features
Disadvantages: A bit difficult to use at first

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Advantages: Does everything and more than what you could want
Disadvantages: None

...The first calculator I every purchased was for my GCSE’s and it was a few models up from this one, boosting features such as being battery and solar powered. On moving to A-levels I thought it would be worth the investment in buying a colour graphic calculator, again by Casio (model CFX 9850). I was told it would be suitable at university, and the fact it could solve equations and draw graphs had the bonus of saving time while solving mathematical problems. When I arrived at university to do Mechanical Engineering I thought it would be the perfect tool. To my disappointment and waste of timing learning how to use and master even things such as finding the off button. University regulations said one of the only two calculators suitable to use was the Casio fx-83WA. Like any one who wanted to comply I purchased my, not as exciting... Read review

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Advantages: Sounds good, looks good
Disadvantages: I can't use it to bat wasps

...pointer) can be mastered with a little effort and make you sound much better. ☼ Enough of the intro you fool! ☼ OK onto the guitar itself... I pooled all my 21st birthday presents to get this after I realised just how good it would be to have one. It’s quite difficult finding good quality Spanish guitars in Wales, they are mostly cheaper instruments, and in many cases are totally veneered (much less clarity and resonance than solid wood). Generally, the more you pay, the better the instrument will be. Tanglewood are a very popular manufacturer of mostly beginner and intermediate level guitars, often copies of more expensive instruments. That doesn’t mean they’re bad, in my experience they are one of the best makers of lower and mid price range models, and the build quality of their guitars is excellent. The TSC-136 CFX... Read review

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