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[–] [email protected] 37 points 4 months ago (2 children)

The demand is basically artificial since there are a limited amount of calculator models that are allowed to be used on tests at universities. Since they can get away with it, they keep charging these prices.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

Plus those models are using the same exact chip fabs with the same exact inputs that they always have.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

I had one professor who could tell almost any calculator model from 30 feet away. Other than him I never had any professor care about the specific model of calculator during an examination.