Sharp EL 738

I just bought another pricey calculator, T_T i can heard the 'ka ching' sound of more $$ flow out of my bank account..... There's something with the education system nowadays that seems to like to 'corporate' with those electronic device manufacture to shake more $$ out of our pocket -_-|| I have to buy this financial calculator for the exam sake when that B**ch course leader/lecture/tutor decided she won't give us the PV and annuity table for exam, ta ma de!! that table is so much convenient and easy to use and only told us that a week before exam start, very 'responsible'!! (not to mention TIME is very VALUABLE during the exam for ME!! i always struggle to finish the paper and great, now i have to use a not familiar calculator to do extra calculation when i can totally skip it and get the figure in one look at the table)

This piece of pricey gargnet cost me AUD$94!! I remember my currently 5-6 years old Casio FX570 only cost me around RM50 that time ah!! Even my that very expensive Casio FX9750G that have too many function, some which i never use or don't even know how to use, cost NZ$120, a little bit more expensive than it. If we weight the cost V benefit(function)this one shud jst cost around $60 bah!! $94 is overpriced!! All these calculators.... sooner or later there will be people (usually poor student) been force to live in poverty thanks to calculator! Now i got calculator for general maths/science student, calculator for Statistic student, and calculator for financial student -_-||

Calculator, esp these sort of multifunction one has always have the boring rectangle look, shape that everyone can accept and used to, so no comment to it's look and design, only complain is why does it look like one of those older Casio scientific calculator (like the one my cousin and brother use during their high school in 1990's?), the only features that show this calculator is one of the new product in the 21st century is it got shinnier button. >__< (well, not that it's really a problem, it's just that after spending almost $100 on a calculator i feel a bit grumpy and have a lot of complain even on the small insignificant thing) i seriously feel a bit disapointed when i got it. It look old model, plain design compare to my old casio for now let's just hope it's quality match that price. My FX570 has survive numerous time of falling during all these years of services. (those falls including a 'happy flight' down a few steps on the stairways to the hall in Methodist and produce loud sounds that echo thru the building)

The main difference between a financial calculator and our regular scientific calculator is the button where we usually expect cos, tan, sin to be is replace with PV, FV, depreciation etc (it still have the sin cos and tan button, on the second floor) Since it basically look like Casio i jst have to focus on mastering "how to calculate PV" and how to calculate the annulity" and right now am still focus on study for my law and Acc info (which don't need it at all) so didn't get much chances to fully utilise my $94 yet.

According to Monash Business and Economic department's policy, we need to get the "approved for use" sticker for the purpose of exam for the calculator, so the poor calculator has got this sticker sticking on it in less than half an hour after it has been purchased. (i have to take lift all the way to 10th floor for that sticker and how come Calyton got nicer quality sticker?? when i got the sticker in caulfield it's jst one of those easily torn, ordinary paper one which probably leave mark on my calculator screen if i try to tear it!! clayton one is plastic type sticker which won't leave mark on the calculator if u peel it off ; they stick the sticker right on the shinny screen at the area where the brand and the model of the calculator is)

PS: it's amazing how i could write so much to complain on a calculator, i shud consider having a new label for my blog name "complain" maybe.....)