So finally the windows calculator got a bit of a makeover for Windows 7. The calc has pretty much existed in Windows forever with very little in the way of changes because I guess well, it is just a calculator after all.
However the changes are pretty cool in Windows 7, and it even has a "programmer" mode now, which can do things like show you binary representations of entered values, do xor, or, mod, and not, type math logic.
When I was in college, I invested in a Hewlett Packard 48GX calculator that is RPN. I got so thoroughly addicted to using it, I can't use a non RPN calculator anymore. My saving grace was I found a slick little emulation program called EMU48 which after you dump the ROMs from your HP48 via the handy serial cable that came with it, lets you run an emulation of the machine in Windows. The end result? Here's my Windows calculator :
Which reminds me, I still gotta install it on my Windows 7 machine.
Make as many mistakes as you can as quickly as you can. We want to make sure that we make a great enough number of mistakes in a given amount of time so that we can be successful.
"Persistence is the magic of success." Paramahansa Yogananda
So finally the windows calculator got a bit of a makeover for Windows 7. The calc has pretty much existed in Windows forever with very little in the way of changes because I guess well, it is just a calculator after all.
However the changes are pretty cool in Windows 7, and it even has a "programmer" mode now, which can do things like show you binary representations of entered values, do xor, or, mod, and not, type math logic.
It's missing the ribbon, I mean come on MS Paint got a ribbon...
Currently using VS 2015 Enterprise on Win10 Enterprise x64.
I really never use a mouse when using calc, so I don't know what good a ribbon would really do. alt + 1 through 4 cycles through the various different modes.
As far as I know, the calc has had that functionality since the beginning. I've been using it for trying out binary things and hex-binary-dec conversions for as long as I can remember. Possibly back to Windows95, and surely by 98.
I've never used a Windows calculator before. Wasn't really aware of it. I just looked at the Vista calc and thought well that's pretty basic but then saw that you can click on View and choose between Standard and Scientific. Looks pretty cool. Still haven't upgraded to Windows 7 yet but will do it soon. Functionality of the Vista scientific calc looks pretty much the same as the one in Post # 1 except for the stuff you see in the lower left where you see Qword, Dword, etc.
Last edited by EntityX; Oct 22nd, 2009 at 01:42 AM.
Make as many mistakes as you can as quickly as you can. We want to make sure that we make a great enough number of mistakes in a given amount of time so that we can be successful.
"Persistence is the magic of success." Paramahansa Yogananda
The "Standard" and "Scientific" views of the windows calculator has been like that since windows 3.1 (or earlier) and it wasn't changed at all until Win7
Currently using VS 2015 Enterprise on Win10 Enterprise x64.
I just got back from the Windows 7 launch party in NYC with Steve Ballmer. Was a pretty good event. Plus I got a free Windows 7 Ultimate Steve B Signature Edition
I just got back from the Windows 7 launch party in NYC with Steve Ballmer. Was a pretty good event. Plus I got a free Windows 7 Ultimate Steve B Signature Edition
Wish I had the image but I've seen that Burger King's in Japan are selling a 7 Patty Whopper as a promotion for the Win 7 launch. MMM Total daily intake of calories in one burger here we come!
Where I'm from we only have one bit of advice for new comers: "If you hear banjos, turn and run".