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Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Nor California & Pac NW
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Personally I'd buy an older HP12C off eBay or Craigslist.
The quality of the old HPs, in particular the key feel, is unmatched. They are made in the USA, back when HP made calculators in Corvallis OR.
The new HPs are made in China by a ODM (Kinpo) and the key feel isn't near as good.
The "advantages" of the "Anniversary" HP12C seem minimal. Algebraic mode isn't useful without parentheses, and RPN is way better anyway. The faster processor means you get IRR answers a second or two faster, big deal. The extra programming steps are irrelevant, anything like that you'll do in Excel.
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