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by pletnes 2963 days ago
Amazing. I got a HP30s in 2003 as it was the only calculator approved by the university. Everybody I knew hated every single aspect of it. The arrow button was soft and imprecise, leading to long calculations being deleted by accident. The display was too short for longer expressions (compared to the competition). The display scratched easily. The buttons were round and didn’t give good tactical feedback. My jaw dropped when I started working in industry and people would guard jealously their ancient HP calculators with nice clicky buttons and crisp display.

HP has come a long way - down.