Texas Instruments TI-84 Plus CE Color Graphing Calculator vs Moleskine Classic Leather Executive Notebook Hard Cover

What separates them

These two differ on 1 recorded specification. The Texas Instruments TI-84 Plus CE Color Graphing Calculator is ₹10,491 dearer.

Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments TI-84 Plus CE Color Graphing Calculator

₹12,990

The exam position is the thing to establish before buying: this is approved for SAT, ACT, AP and IB, and CBSE, ICSE, JEE and NEET permit no calculator at all.

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Moleskine

Moleskine Classic Leather Executive Notebook Hard Cover

₹2,499

Around 70 GSM is the number behind Moleskine's most persistent complaint, and it is a specification rather than a defect: at that weight fountain and wet gel ink bleed through, so the reverse of a written page is generally unusable.

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Who the Texas Instruments TI-84 Plus CE Color Graphing Calculator is for

Buy it if: Students sitting international examinations, or using it for coursework and Python.

Avoid it if: Anyone buying it for CBSE, ICSE, JEE or NEET -- no calculator is permitted in those.

Who the Moleskine Classic Leather Executive Notebook Hard Cover is for

Buy it if: Ballpoint and pencil writers who want the build quality and the extras.

Avoid it if: Fountain pen users -- buy the 90 GSM Rhodia instead, which also costs less.

Specifications, side by side

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Specification	Texas Instruments TI-84 Plus CE Color Graphing Calculator	Moleskine Classic Leather Executive Notebook Hard Cover
Price	₹12,990	₹2,499
Weight	215 g	400 g
Warranty	1 Year Official Brand Warranty	1 Year Official Brand Warranty
Battery	Rechargeable lithium, about a month per charge	not published
Binding	not published	Sewn, opens flat
Charging	USB	not published
Comparison	not published	The Rhodia in this department is 90 GSM and does not bleed, at a lower price
Display	320 x 240 colour, backlit	not published
Exam eligibility	Approved for SAT, ACT, AP and IB. Indian board examinations -- CBSE and ICSE -- and JEE and NEET do not permit any calculator	not published
Extras	not published	Elastic closure, ribbon marker, rear pocket
Fountain pen behaviour	not published	Bleeds and ghosts. The reverse of a page written on with fountain pen is generally unusable. This is the most common complaint about Moleskine and it is a paper weight issue, not a defect
Memory	3 MB flash, 154 KB RAM	not published
Pages	not published	240
Paper weight	not published	Around 70 GSM
Programming	TI-BASIC and Python on current models	not published
What it is good at	not published	Ballpoint and pencil, where 70 GSM is entirely sufficient
Why that matters	Buying this for Indian board exams is a misunderstanding worth heading off. It is useful for coursework and for international examinations	not published

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