macdonaldk@watt.ccs.tuns.ca (04/02/91)
I am looking to purchase an HP-42S calculator soon. Does anyone know
if HP has plans to release an upgraded 42S in the near future (re:
release of HP-32SII makes HP-32S obsolete). If they do, I would make
my purchase after the upgraded calculator is released.
OR: Does anyone out there have an HP calculator for sale in the
$70-$90 U.S. price range.
Please e-mail replies. Thankyou for your help.
Kevin Macdonald
Technical University of Nova Scotia
Halifax, Nova Scotiaken@hpcupt3.cup.hp.com (Kenneth M. Sumrall) (04/04/91)
>I am looking to purchase an HP-42S calculator soon. Does anyone know >if HP has plans to release an upgraded 42S in the near future (re: >release of HP-32SII makes HP-32S obsolete). If they do, I would make ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >my purchase after the upgraded calculator is released. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > It is for this precise reason that computer and/or calculator companies don't announce products before they are ready for sale. If we announced products a few months before they came out, everyone would stop buying current products and wait for the new product. The lost revenue would then tranlate into fewer R&D dollars to spend on new products, and the cycle would continue. I agree it is frustrating to buy a product, and then have a new version come out right after you bought it, but if the old product was good enough for you to buy then, it should still be good enough for you to use now. >Kevin Macdonald >Technical University of Nova Scotia >Halifax, Nova Scotia > Disclaimer: This is my own opinion. It is not an opinion of HP, nor does it represent an official position of HP. I just felt like getting a soap box today, and you are all lucky enough to have heard me speak. | Ken Sumrall | Internet: ken%hpda@hplabs.hp.com | | HP California Language Labs | UUCP: ...!hplabs!hpda!ken | | "I'd stomp desert dope heads for some gas in my moped!" - Bill the Cat | | "What a stupid world" -Calvin (speaking to Hobbes) |
lishka@uwslh.slh.wisc.edu (a.k.a. Chri) (04/09/91)
ken@hpcupt3.cup.hp.com (Kenneth M. Sumrall) writes: >>I am looking to purchase an HP-42S calculator soon. Does anyone know >>if HP has plans to release an upgraded 42S in the near future (re: >>release of HP-32SII makes HP-32S obsolete). If they do, I would make > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >>my purchase after the upgraded calculator is released. > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >> >It is for this precise reason that computer and/or calculator companies >don't announce products before they are ready for sale. I can't resist ;-) SOME companies may not announce products before they are ready for sale, but many do. One need look no further than Microsoft to see this (say, when *WILL* "Pen Windows" be ready for sale?). The PC software industry (as well as other sections) is just full of this announce-before-it-is-ready stuff. Go Corp's Pen O/S, Apple's System 7, WordPerfect for Windows, umpteen versions of OS/2; the list goes on and on. .oO Chris Oo. -- Christopher Lishka 608-262-4485 It is not safe out here. It is wonderous, Wisconsin State Lab. of Hygiene with treasures to satiate desires both lishka@uwslh.slh.wisc.edu subtle and gross. But it is not for the uunet!uwvax!uwslh!lishka timid. -- Q
rdippold@cancun.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold) (04/11/91)
In article <1991Apr8.173125.4758@uwslh.slh.wisc.edu> lishka@uwslh.slh.wisc.edu (a.k.a. Chri) writes: >ken@hpcupt3.cup.hp.com (Kenneth M. Sumrall) writes: > >>>I am looking to purchase an HP-42S calculator soon. Does anyone know >>>if HP has plans to release an upgraded 42S in the near future (re: >>>release of HP-32SII makes HP-32S obsolete). If they do, I would make >> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >>>my purchase after the upgraded calculator is released. >> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >>> >>It is for this precise reason that computer and/or calculator companies >>don't announce products before they are ready for sale. > >I can't resist ;-) SOME companies may not announce products before >they are ready for sale, but many do. One need look no further than >Microsoft to see this (say, when *WILL* "Pen Windows" be ready for >sale?). The PC software industry (as well as other sections) is just >full of this announce-before-it-is-ready stuff. Go Corp's Pen O/S, >Apple's System 7, WordPerfect for Windows, umpteen versions of OS/2; >the list goes on and on. It's a different situation... it's extremely easy to upgrade to the new version of a program, and it's extremely difficult to upgrade to a new HP. Microsoft advances way before they have anything close to a product as a form of pre-emptive strike. (The joke is that if someone announced a new thought-controlled system that Microsoft would announce that they had been working on that for five years, that it would be part of the next release of Windows / DOS, and that they'd have it within the year. Then they'd hire programmers and maybe release it in under five years.) Who is HP competing against, on the other hand? Itself. Those who want the new version are usually those who own or will buy the current version.