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The HP 30b Business Professional

Gene Wright

What is it? The HP 30b is Hewlett Packard's new mid-range financial calculator. This

machine is a very welcome addition to HP's financial calculator line. The HP 30b comes

with a very small printed manual, which certainly seems to be the continuing trend. A

larger PDF manual is available online as well as 40 learning modules that go into greater

detail on how to use the HP 30b. This review will focus on the new features found on the

HP 30b and differences between it and the HP 20b.

Physical differences. First off, the HP 30b uses rotate and click keys. This is a welcome

improvement over the HP 20b keys, which many found to be inadequate. While the

author never had any real problems with the HP 20b keys, it certainly is nice to have a

good click when pressing a key. Secondly, the HP 30b comes with a metallic-looking

faceplate compared to the shiny black faceplate on the HP 20b. The accompanying

picture on the HPCC website does not quite do the real color justice – the real calculator

color is more bronze/copper than pure silver as the picture would suggest. The back of

the HP 30b is the same black plastic as on the HP 20b. The HP 30b comes with a slip

case to protect it.

Page 1 HPCC website does not quite do the real color justice – the real calculator color is more bronze/copper than pure silver as the picture would suggest. The back of the HP 30b is the same black plastic as on the HP 20b. The HP 30b comes with a slip case to protect it.
Page 2 Macaulay duration has ever been on a preprogrammed calculator. MIRR and FMRR. The HP 30b extends the usefulness of the HP 20b’s cash flow analysis tools by including Modified Internal Rate of Return and, for the first time ever in a financial calculator, the Financial Management Rate of Return.
Page 3 If viewed as primarily a “macro recording” ability then some of the operating characteristics of HP 30b programming will make more sense. For example, to access the inverse sine function in the Math menu, the program steps will look like this: :sI<=, which will take four program steps, take four bytes and show as...
Page 4 HP 20b. In many ways, this is the most powerful financial calculator HP has ever made. It is certain to give fits to the financial calculator designers at a certain company near Dallas, since there are a large number of empty spaces next to their models on any comparison chart.