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Esri arcgis 10.3 plus#
You don’t really need BA II Plus Professional. It is better to stick to the standard NPV function and learn one way to doing that to avoid confusion and waste time with unnecessary complexities that overall don’t save much time, nor is tested often. What about the extra features in Professional? I don’t find them necessary nor worth it, the touted NFV additional function only applies very select cases of NPV, and can be done via NPV yourself anyway.Having the colour differentiation across the numbers, 2ND button and TVM functions are actually quite handy, for me at least. The 2ND button is just a shade lighter than the rest. Also, the Professional version’s button are all the same colour, in an effort to look sleek.This can present quite an unnecessary source of calculation mistakes. If you use this for hours, you can’t really afford to constantly check if data has been entered correctly. Sure, the Professional version’s buttons feel more premium, however they are harder to press and not as responsive when keying in data.
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The button design is really my pet peeve here:.The Professional version doesn’t come with a cover by the way. Nearly 50% heavier than BA II Plus (including its cover) – yes, we measured.Whilst BA II Plus Professional certainly looks better and feels more premium, I felt the effort to make it premium (weight and button press) did the calculator a disservice without extra benefits vs the “basic” model: the buttons press is superior without much force required – this is more important than you first think (see below).I prefer simple BA II Plus model because: Having tried both thoroughly, I would recommend using the basic BA II Plus model instead of the Professional version. The BA II Plus calculator is used by most CFA exam candidates – but which should you choose? BA II Plus or BA II Plus Professional version?