Texas Instruments BA II Plus Financial Calculator
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Customer Review: Good value and performance
Summary: 5 Stars
I highly recommend this calculator. It is very easy to use, packed with features, and FAST. The only negative is that is lightweight, and doesn't have the sticky keys that the HPs have. HP diehards will say that it looks "cheap." The battery compartment is a joke, and you need to be careful when changing batteries on this one. Very poor engineering, you might say, but then if you go to Office Depot, most HPs don't even work because the battery door is broke or gone... So in a way, TI really wanted people to not mess with the battery too much... Now the fact is that nobody is using the 12C anymore, and the TI BAII Plus is now the standard among real estate and business students. Furthermore, TI is the only game in town, since HP has stopped all calculator development and is preparing to exit the calculator business!Customer Review: The Best Financial Calculator
Summary: 5 Stars
TI BAII Plus is another calculator approved for CFA exam. It's much better than HP12C. It's more user friendly. You enter all data in the work sheet format. You can review all the variables you enter. Its computing speed is much faster than HP12C (80s technology, what a joke!!!). It's as fast as HP19II. The best of all, you don't have to deal with the troublesome RPN entry.TI BAII Plus is as good as HP19II if you don't need text editor (what a waste), and HP solver (it's the only thing I like about HP 19II). With 1/2 the price of HP 12C and much better performance, it's an obvious choice, especially if you are buying for CFA exam. (HP=High Price, Horrible Performance) TI is the leader in calculator (graphic, and financial).
I am going to buy one more to use it as a backup calculator in the CFA exam.
Customer Review: A Business school staple
Summary: 5 Stars
I have been using this calculator since I first went to college in 1993. It was a lifesaver in all of my business courses.
It does pretty much all of the business functions that you would want. The exception to this is it doesn't do some real estate functions.
The awesome protection case that fits perfectly also houses a cheat sheet that guides you through most of the normally used functions. For the other functions an extremely easy to use owner's guide is included.
I am scared at seeing some of these other people's reviews. If this easy to use calculator that is basically a staple in business school is so difficult for them then I certainly would not want them touching my taxes or handling finances for even a lemonade stand
Customer Review: Most Bang For Your Bucks
Summary: 5 Stars
Of the business/finance calculators out there today, I feel the BA II Plus is the has the best value. It has it all: TMV (Time-Value-of-Money), Random Numbers, Percent Changes, Depreciation INCLUDING declining balance with crossover to straight line (very useful for taxes), profit analysis, and bonds (just to name a few features of this wonder). I first bought this calculator in 1990 and enjoyed its use ever since. I just purchased the "new" BA II Plus, with sturdier keys. The only thing the BA II Plus is missing is a "solver", but saving $60, I feel, is a good trade off, since most finance problems can be solved using the TMV keys.
So to business/accounting/finance students, if NOT the TI-83 (Plus/SE), then get this one!
Customer Review: A superb financial calculator
Summary: 5 Stars
I am currently a second-year MBA student, and I have owned a BAII Plus for about six years. I use my calculator almost every day. I can state that it is easy to use (the HP 12C is much less intuitive) and contains all the features you need in a financial calculator. The time value of money functions are very well laid out and simple, as are the cash flow, NPV, and IRR worksheets. There is an easy to use function for pricing bonds, and many other handy features. Although financial calculators are limited in their usefullness (serious financial modeling is done with spreadsheets), this calculator can handle any finance problem that's appropriate for a calculator.