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HP 19Bii Business Consultant Calculator | 
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| Brand: Hewlett-Packard
Category: CE
Buy Used: $215.00
Used (5) from $215.00
Rating:  19 reviews
Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 3.6 x 6.5 x 1
MPN: HP19BII
Model: HP19BII
UPC: 088698002759
EAN: 0088698002759
ASIN: B00000JBLK
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Over 450 business, statistical, and scientific functions | | • | Includes HP Solve application | | • | Graphing display lets you view histograms, scatter diagrams, and curve fits | | • | List-based, 2-variable statistics and forecasting | | • | Calculate using algebraic notation or RPN |
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Amazon.com Product Description
For every application there is a calculator, and for financial functions,this is it. The HP19BII features four display lines with 23 characters each, plus6,500 bytes of memory. Offering over 450 business, statistical, andscientific functions, the calculator is also easily programmable for customequations and functions. Personal information management applications,currency and measurement unit conversions, and functions that help youtrack loan payments, interest rates, amortization, and internal rate orreturn make this calculator a must for all business applications.Advanced users may find the calculator's functions a little dated. Itincludes the ACRS table for calculating depreciation applied to limitedpartnership assets, which was replaced by Modified ACRS (MACRS) in 1986.But many users will find that the extensive functions and programmabilitycompensate for this shortcoming. We especially appreciated the time anddata management functions like the alarm clock, calendar, appointments, anddate arithmetic, number lists, editing, sorting, and storing. The HP19BII usesthree N batteries. It comes with a one-year warranty.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 14 more reviews...
Battery door broken, love the calculator February 11, 2007
M. D. Corrales (Union City, CA USA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Great calculator. But my battery door broke after 13 years! Totally ruined my day. :| (that and the fact that I was working on my taxes when I noticed it). Guess I will have to try tape to keep it together. Originally bought the 19bii while in an MBA program. It has been invaluable. Math, finance, and stats layout are excellent. Love the regression plotting. Alpha and PDA functions are too clunky. Never used them because they were not useful. From a math, finance, and stats perspective I LOVE this calculator and wish the physical design of the battery door was better.
Great Calculator, worthless PDA September 17, 2006
AFSPECOPR (By-God-America)
This calculator saved by [...] in college, empowering me to get my degree in Corporate Finance and International Economics. When I started my upper division classes, the Prof.'s insisted that their students get a financial calculator. Knowing that cash was tight, they pointed us to the low end calculator's like HP-12's and TI BA's. But when I looked at them, I was disappointed and apprehensive. Then I asked the Prof.'s, lecturers, and guest speakers which calculator they used, I found they used the HP 17's and HP 19's. That settled it for me. And the difference quickly became obvious compared to my classmates who bought the cheaper models.
I started out my junior semester trying to make do with my TI-89 Graphing calculator (an excellent machine) but inputting the formulas and programming the functions into the memory was not worth the effort and created poor results. The first time I failed to finish a 5-minute quiz was the last time I walked into a finance class without my HP-19BII.
Since graduating, I never approach a client or business meeting without the HP close at hand. It works every time and gives fast answers that I can rely on for accuracy and completeness of information.
During exams, the calculator gave me the edge and confidence I needed to excel in my course work. I often was among the first to finish and, as my confidence in the calculator increased, my ability to add to class discussions improved.
My HP has the battery compartment in the back, so I have not had the problems some of the other reviews mentioned. The PDA functions are my only real complaint. They are worse than useless and not worth the time to learn. The only advantage of the PDA part of this calculator is that the hinged keypad makes an excellent and very protective cover for the rest of the calculator. The bond, amortization, and IRR functions are superior to the HP-17 series as well. Even the TVM and conversion functions work better.
I dinged the calculator for making you pay for the worthless PDA functions just to add the protection of the hard keyboard cover. This is the one to get for finance professionals. Real estate tycoon want-a-be's should stick to the HP-12 so that they avoid the image problem of looking like a math geek. Just make sure that the math geek back at the office who makes your loan happen has one in his pocket.
Right tool for the right job September 29, 2005
Tom E. Elmer (Minneapolis, MN)
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
If your looking for a machine that you can drop off a building, do sophisticated mathematics, or use as PDA, this isn't it. But if you're a financial profesional that wants a quick, user-friendly tool, it's hard to beat. Yes, my first 19BII disintegrated when it fell off my desk, and the battery door on my second one is held on by tape, but I wouldn't trade it for the world.
I still own a 12C (it's built like a tank), but trying to do any sort of TVM or cash flow analysis without the benefit of the menus and displays of the 19BII is stone age. Adding a platinum face plate doesn't make the 13 any more sophisticated or easier to use.
I also own a 17BII. The 17 has many of the same menu-driven funtions as the 19 (including the Solver function that allows you to create your own multi-variable formulas and solve for the single missing one), it's cheaper, and is more readily available, but the 17 lacks three things: (1) where 19 has alpha keys for entering formulas in the Solver function, appointments, labels, etc. the 17 uses inefficient, multiple key strokes akin to spelling things on your telephone; (2) the 19 has three-line display vs. one line on the 17, which is helpful when reviewing input and viewing output (e.g. loan amortization); and (3) the 19 has a handy section that converts various length, area, volume, mass, and temperature measurements that is missing on the 17 (maybe you don't need to know that 3.6 acres = 1.46 hectares or 4.25 liters = 143.71 fl. oz., but when you do it's right there).
And for those who think the 19 isn't well built, the cheap feel of the keys on the 17 won't turn you on either.
Complicated cash flows or amortizations where you need a print-out are definitely better done in Excel, but I still use my 19 regularly to double check that Excel isn't pulling in some strange cell.
If you're looking to buy a 19, make sure to find out if it's a newer model with the battery door on the back of the unit (vs older ones that are on the side). The side doors were (and still are) prone to pop off, creating a risk of losing the door itself, the batteries (which aren't cheap), and the information stored in the machine (biggest loss is usually your Solver formulas).
If HP wants to put out a 19BIII, I'll buy one. In the meantime, I just pray that the tape continues to hold . . .
Great for business and MBA September 13, 2004
Jesus F. Lozano Gonzalez (Monterrey Mexico)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Great device!
The best that I've had. Unfortunately, the battery cover is too fragile and broken.
The worst thing is that now this model from HP is discontinued
 Irreplaceable for finance professionals January 17, 2004
Sean Riesterer (Salem, OR United States)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Just have to log my support for this great calculator, similar to others I bought an HP 19B in the beginning of my college years (1984) along with all the related add'l manuals available at the time (marketing, banking, real estate,?) and have loved and used it ever since - despite religious use of Palm devices since their inception. Yes my battery cover broke also, but high tensile clear tape quickly remedied that. Unfortunately a mishap damaged the keypad functionality requiring a replacement. I'm estatic to be able to replace it so easily! May buy two to make sure there's always a backup.
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