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A damn fine pocket calc., January 24, 2004 By Mephistopheles "Mephistopheles" (Madison, WI.) - See all my reviews This review is from: Sharp EL-506VB DAL Series Twin-Powered Scientific Calculator (Office Product) All through high school, I used a TI-86 graphing calculator. Unfortunately, once I got to college I found out that Chemistry professors are none-too-fond of programmable calculators, so I had to buy a new one. After some deliberation between another TI, a Casio and this Sharp, I finally decided on the Sharp. Needless to say from my review, I'm glad I did. Here's why: College is tough on equipment, so high build quality of a calculator is a must. I'm used to a TI-86 (which is built like a tank), so the extremely light EL-506v is quite a change. However, the build appears plenty solid. The calculator is gray on the front, with a dark blue back and a dark blue translucent cover which snaps on nicely. The buttons are translucent as well, with the number and main function keys dark blue and the secondary keys white (the on key is also pink, and the secondary function key is yellow). There are slightly fewer keys than on TI's comperable model, but every button has several... Read more
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful Great for college students, July 7, 2004 By "bumbletowne" (Granite Bay, CA USA) - See all my reviews This review is from: Sharp EL-506VB DAL Series Twin-Powered Scientific Calculator (Office Product) I'm a pre-med student on a quarter schedule, which means I have a lot of science courses to fit in a very small time. The DAL calculator is great: the keys are not too large and not to small and all the functions are labeled clearly with no obscure menus, this makes it a handy tool for those timed tests that can make or break your grade. The only thing I can recommend is making several copies of those little conversion rate guides that slide right into the cover because it is too easy to lose them. Oh, and read the manual, it helps.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful Awesome Calculator., January 4, 2011 By This review is from: Sharp EL-506VB DAL Series Twin-Powered Scientific Calculator (Office Product) Ah the Sharp DAL. I, quite by accident, converted to an early Sharp DAL model early in High school. I felt somewhat handicapped at the time because everybody else had TI-89's and higher but I passed my classes. Once I got to college I decided to fork out the money for an HP-48G graphing calculator and as my DAL died after 5 years of hard use I purchased this beauty. Needless to say after trying the graphing calculator and after I tried others I found that despite their capabilities no graphing calculator can match the speed at which I could get problems done on my little DAL. I prided myself for whipping out this little guy and wasting others who would slowly plink out some function on their monstrosities.
The DAL pulled me through 4.5 years of intense workout in Mechanical Engineering. It only finally failed me in that, as described by others, it's not allowed in the FE test (there is a dual line TI that is similar enough, and allowed that it wasn't too bad). Sadly a year... Read more
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| 16 of 16 people found the following review helpful A damn fine pocket calc., By Mephistopheles "Mephistopheles" (Madison, WI.) - See all my reviews This review is from: Sharp EL-506VB DAL Series Twin-Powered Scientific Calculator (Office Product) All through high school, I used a TI-86 graphing calculator. Unfortunately, once I got to college I found out that Chemistry professors are none-too-fond of programmable calculators, so I had to buy a new one. After some deliberation between another TI, a Casio and this Sharp, I finally decided on the Sharp. Needless to say from my review, I'm glad I did. Here's why:College is tough on equipment, so high build quality of a calculator is a must. I'm used to a TI-86 (which is built like a tank), so the extremely light EL-506v is quite a change. However, the build appears plenty solid. The calculator is gray on the front, with a dark blue back and a dark blue translucent cover which snaps on nicely. The buttons are translucent as well, with the number and main function keys dark blue and the secondary keys white (the on key is also pink, and the secondary function key is yellow). There are slightly fewer keys than on TI's comperable model, but every button has several... Read more 3 of 3 people found the following review helpful Great for college students, By "bumbletowne" (Granite Bay, CA USA) - See all my reviews This review is from: Sharp EL-506VB DAL Series Twin-Powered Scientific Calculator (Office Product) I'm a pre-med student on a quarter schedule, which means I have a lot of science courses to fit in a very small time. The DAL calculator is great: the keys are not too large and not to small and all the functions are labeled clearly with no obscure menus, this makes it a handy tool for those timed tests that can make or break your grade. The only thing I can recommend is making several copies of those little conversion rate guides that slide right into the cover because it is too easy to lose them. Oh, and read the manual, it helps. 2 of 2 people found the following review helpful Awesome Calculator., By This review is from: Sharp EL-506VB DAL Series Twin-Powered Scientific Calculator (Office Product) Ah the Sharp DAL. I, quite by accident, converted to an early Sharp DAL model early in High school. I felt somewhat handicapped at the time because everybody else had TI-89's and higher but I passed my classes. Once I got to college I decided to fork out the money for an HP-48G graphing calculator and as my DAL died after 5 years of hard use I purchased this beauty. Needless to say after trying the graphing calculator and after I tried others I found that despite their capabilities no graphing calculator can match the speed at which I could get problems done on my little DAL. I prided myself for whipping out this little guy and wasting others who would slowly plink out some function on their monstrosities.The DAL pulled me through 4.5 years of intense workout in Mechanical Engineering. It only finally failed me in that, as described by others, it's not allowed in the FE test (there is a dual line TI that is similar enough, and allowed that it wasn't too bad). Sadly a year... Read more |
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