If you are not a student, there are tons of online recourses including this website that can teach you how to use this calculator. The TI-nspire hasn't been around for as long and isn't nearly as widely used as the TI Another factor is that the operating system on all TI calculators hasn't changed much over the years whereas the nspire's has changed a considerable amount.
When you turn on the TI-nspire, you are greeted with a screen full of menus that you can select to start doing different tasks. When you turn on the TI, on the other hand, you are greeted with the familiar calculator screen ready for you to start making calculations.
In general, the nspire is a lot more confusing to get to know how to use. This is partly because of all the features it has and partly because of all the different menus it has.
If you are looking for a specific feature you will probably have to dig around in menus a bit more on the TI-nspire than you would on the TI On the TI Plus CE if you are looking for a specific function chances are you will be able to access that function by pressing one button and maybe then having to scroll left or right or up or down.
I'll refer to the image below as an example. If you want to do something as simple as evaluating the sine of an angle on the nspire you will have to open up a name by pressing the " trig " button and then scrolling to the function you want and then pressing [enter] to select it. Whereas the TI has its own dedicated trig buttons that will do something like bring up sin with the press of just one button.
However, as you might notice from the picture, the TI-nspire has selections for csc sec and cot. Another thing that makes the usability of the TI-nspire less smooth is the way that the user interface is set up. If you want to perform a task outside of calculations, in most cases you will have to do that in a separate "document".
For example, if you want to draw a shape in the geometry app you will have to create a geometry document. Creating the document doesn't involve that many extra steps. However, the document gets saved on to your calculator and you have to go in and delete it if you don't want things getting too cluttered up. But you will probably be spending most of your time in the "Scratchpad" section of the calculator. This is where you can type in expressions like on any normal calculator without having to go through the whole document process.
There is also a graphing section in the "Scratchpad" so don't worry about that being a hassle as well. Overall the TI-nspire will take longer to figure out how to use, but you will have access to more features.
Even so, the number of menus may be a deal breaker for some not because of the confusion it may cause but because it takes slightly more time to get to what you want.
And if you are constantly having to press multiple buttons to access something as simple as a trig function, that time can add up and become annoying. As you've probably already guessed by this point in the review, the TI-nspire is the calculator that will be able to do the most impressive computing, and the TI is the calculator that is user-friendly, trustworthy and convenient.
But in this next part of the review, I hope to show you what these two devices are capable of and help you decide if putting up with some confusing UI is worth the extra features. This is probably the most exciting feature of the TI-nspire. The CAS means that the nspire is able to evaluate equations and expressions with variables, factor, and give exact simplified answers.
To give you an idea of the kind of stuff this calculator can do I'll show you some screenshots below. I'll also say that if you had this calculator while taking an algebra 2 class, it would be able to do A LOT of the homework and tests for you. Life Science.
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Just be sure when buying that you understand that the TI-Nspire CAS has advanced capabilities and may not be allowed with certain teachers or on certain standards tests. Virtually everything about the TI-Nspire CX is vastly superior to the TI plus, including the display, color, touchpad, graphing features, documents, point and click interface, dropdown menus, etc. When parents and students ask me, I point them towards the TI-Nspire every time. Please note that some links on this site are affiliate links, meaning a percentage of your purchase will support my work at Tech Powered Math at no additional cost to you.
Thanks for your support! TI vs. TI Plus This family of calculators has been around so long it requires a brief history lesson.
Even the black and white version of the Nspire had the 84 beat There are many such examples of where the Nspire CX is an improvement over the TI Bottom Line TI vs.
Subscribe to my weekly email update. STEM careers are the future. The TI Plus series has dominated high school classrooms for over decade. Its popularity be attributed to both Texas Instruments' marketing and its comparatively low price though still overpriced—that's capitalism folks! Once adopted by the majority of schools, it became the standard, and its popularity has remained mostly constant and unquestioned.
Though TI's monopoly discourages innovation, as demonstrated in the picture, the Ti Plus CE is actually a nice upgrade from its predecessors. The xpixel color screen along with a rechargeable battery and slim exterior is a large step towards modernizing calculators. Additionally, though not very important, it is available in a multitude of fun colors.
The ability to create programs and use numerous built-in applications allow for more advanced operations too. The TI Plus CE will never hold you back from accomplishing any mathematical task you'll encounter throughout high school and most college courses. The TI-Nspire calculator was released in and never gained as much popularity. These calculators contain actual computer software which allow users to store files and documents in their calculator.
Teachers can even create documents and send them out to their students.
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