Texas Instruments VOY200/PWB Graphing Calculator for Math and Science Education

Dale Taylor: This calculator is no longer manufactured and I really wanted this model. The calculator I received looked almost brand new. I would buy it again. The only weird thing was that when I clicked to order, the ordering page was in Spanish, so I was a little concerned as I have never experienced that for anything on Amazon. I suppose the seller was a private Latin America seller. I decided to order anyway and very happy. If they still have any and you need this calculator, I would recommend here. A bargain price for something so hard to find now.

United States on Mar 21, 2022

Matthew M. Bennett: I am not a calculator expert but I know a great thing when I see it (and use it). It took a little while to get used to but the setup is similar (but better) than the TI-89 (and of course the predecessor TI-92 PLUS). The cable up-link is nothing short of COOL. Upgraded my OS (and OS HA!) as soon as I got it. The installed TI-Connect did all the work. Downloaded more free applications and the manual for the TI-89. There is no manual for this besides a brochure because the platform is almost identical to the 89 and 92 - just order it for $5 or download it for free at TI's website. But anyways the software is cool. The querty keyboard and the graphic platform make is so much easier to navigate. You can even organize what applications you need for different subjects. 2MB or ROM make this thing even better. The processor is nothing special. The main features of why you would want to buy this calculator compared to others is the available software (prior versions compatible of course), computer up link, bunch of free applications available, 2 MB ROM, fantastic navigation, and of course the QUERTY keyboard. Only down fall to this: the QUERTY keyboard defines this beautiful machine as a...

United States on Sep 10, 2005

Fitz the Robot: Plain and simple, I love calculators. Yes, I have both Matlab and Mathematica running on my multiprocessor workstation but calculators have always had a special place in my heart. Since high school, I've firmly been in the HP camp and like many, I think the HP41C remains one of the finest calculators ever made. But the HP legacy started its sad decline with the 28C and the bottom fell out with the HP48G, perhaps the worst calculator HP has ever made. (It literally can take seconds to add two numbers... what could they have been thinking?)

All of that being said, I decided to venture into the TI camp, if only because they still take calculators seriously. I was dubious, however, because their machines seem designed for high school students rather than professional scientists/engineers, and this is reflected in the lack of high-end software packages available for them. Nonetheless, I don't think since the HP41 line have any calculators attracted so much interest or had so large a community built around them as have the recent TIs.

The Voyage 200 is something of a tour de force. It is based on the Motorola 68000, the same processor found in the original Macintosh and...

United States on Oct 03, 2003

Dave: My first graphing calculator was a TI-83 Plus. What a fantastic calculator! Its ease of use is a real credit to its designers. The TI-89 is more difficult to use than the TI-83, but its not too unnecessarily hard, especially considering its advanced features.
The Voyage 200, however, is a real pain in the you know what. Not only is the Voyage absent a printed manual--this may be the new cost-cutting norm for TI products--but the electronic copy is hard to use. Instead of putting all the main information in one manual like the TI-83, the Voyage 200 design team spread its manual out across 28 individual PDF files, making it nearly impossible to print out a hard copy for reference when you're away from your PC. TI could argue that it was necessary considering the large volume of information, but after perusing the PDFs--replete with numerous examples of duplicated information--I'm sure it was really about a large lack of effort.
With that scolding of the manual designers out of the way, let me say that the features of this calculator are really quite good. When it comes to graphing calculators, TI really does make the best. If you are considering the most powerful graphing...

United States on Sep 07, 2002