+228 When calculators first came out, they were hundreds of dollars. Now you get them for free just for signing up for a magazine. Its kinda weird to think one day, Ipods will be given away the same way, amirite?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

They are being given away. You can get a free one when you buy an ipad

by Anonymous 12 years ago

or a laptop

by Anonymous 12 years ago

My calculator actually was almost a hundred euros...

by Anonymous 12 years ago

You probably have a graphing calculator. The OP is talking about basic calculators.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Yeah, he's definitely not talking about GDC's... those things cost a crapload of money, and the weigh a crapload too.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I never understood that. I mean, who other than a mathematician or an engineer is going to use all of a graphing calculator's hundreds of functions? Doesn't seem like it's worth paying a hundred bucks for one.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Well, it's a requirement for (I think) AP and IB. Which is idiotic. You know, spend hundreds of bucks just to pass an exam, and if you don't really go into engineering you'll never need it again, but too bad!

by Anonymous 12 years ago

They might start giving away shuffles or other MP3 players because only the basic ones are given away.

by Anonymous 12 years ago