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22 Jul, 2018
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Works as advertised.
03 Jun, 2014
One of the best financial calculators: solid feel + solver function
3 of 3 found this helpful HP 17BII Business calculator (introduced 1987) is a 'must have' accessory for a controller or a business analyst, even though neither of them can be expected to find an application for it daily. It is a simple business calculator, which might be labeled as one of the best there is.
The device is surprisingly big (not as big as the graphing calculators, but it is certainly not small). The brown plastic feels solid and the device has hard shiny buttons. It is practically impossible to make accidental entries. Display is clear and numbers are shown as you may expect of a financial calculator. Instead of usual 12345,6789 line you get 12,345.68. With a click of 2 buttons (nd .) you also see the full precision number. There is a slight issue though with the display - it has a very narrow view angle. You may need to adjusting time, before you feel comfortable using it. Be also prepared to use the ON - and + button combination to adjust the brightness depending on the angle under which you look at the calculator. It was an issue for me during the first day of use, but afterwards, I don't experience it any more.
Besides the robust feel of the device, my most favorite thing about this device is the function solver. User can easily define her favorite functions, enter variables and solve the missing variable. This can be a helper when simulating break-even effects for production or price increase cases with sales. The real usefulness depends on whether you have a PC available or not. Otherwise, you just get some geek points for pulling out the old device. The variable values that you entered can be recalled once you come back to your PC or printed out to an optional battery powered thermal printer (82240A). Another use for the solver I have found is storing usual conversion problems (KM to Miles, F to C).
The calculator features 10 memory slots to be used with STO & RCL commands, 4 recent answers (to be used with up and down arrows), RPN (hp fans) or Algrebra notation (everyone else). The BUS function is quite useless, as it only calculates the % effects of change (margin up, margin down). SUM is a simplified statistics calculator - still have not figured where to apply it in real life, although entry of a values list, naming it and calculating a sum, mean, min, max, stdev is quite easy.
I own also the TI/BAII+, but I prefer the HP due to its looks and the solver function.