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Angled Desktop Calculator With Brackets? (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 days ago by tankplanker@lemmy.world to c/calculators@midwest.social

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As I am getting older I really want to switch to a large format desktop calculator with preferably an angled screen. I currently use a fx-991CW but I find I have to pick it up and use it two handed now, less than ideal.

My workflow means I need brackets and ideally I would like square, square root, and exp as well. Any such desktop calculator exist as I am struggling to find one?

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[–] JakeSparkleChicken@midwest.social 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I just dug through the offerings of all of the niche calculator manufacturers I can think of and came up empty handed. What I would recommend in your case is the Casio fx-CG50, though. It has rubber pads on the back of the case and enough heft that it doesn't move when placed on a desk and used one-handed. The screen is easily visible from most angles and it has the largest font of all of my graphing calculators.

[–] tankplanker@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

can you adjust the font size at all, or does it have a single line mode that takes up more of the screen?

[–] JakeSparkleChicken@midwest.social 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

You can't increase the font size, but it is larger than the HP Prime and TI nspire CXII on large font.

[–] tankplanker@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

thanks for confirming, will get it from amazon in that case so I can try it out, I don't feel bad returning it to them lol