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Windows 7's Calculator bundles real-life uses

Chaks   on 09 November 2008 - 19:11 · 18 comments & 5949 views

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Calculator is one of the programs that Microsoft has 'upgraded' to a much nicer interface (than what is available now) in Windows 7. The new Windows 7 Calculator now has 4 different modes :
  • Standard Mode
  • Statistics Mode
  • Programmer Mode
  • Scientific Mode

This default calculator goes above and beyond the brick on your desk by including unit conversions, date calculations, and a neat new set of "templates" that let you do things like figure out gas mileage, hourly wages, mortgage payments, leases, and more. Check out some of the calculator goodness in the Windows 7 Preview here

News source: Lifehacker

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#1 minkcar on 09 Nov 2008 - 19:37
Nice addition
#2 Digix on 09 Nov 2008 - 19:40
easy preview for people too lazy to follow source


#3 Hak Foo on 09 Nov 2008 - 21:17
No RPN?
#4 cJr. on 09 Nov 2008 - 21:31
Woah I didn't know about some of these additions! Thank you for the article. Looks pretty useful!
#5 Soldiers33 on 09 Nov 2008 - 22:22
it finlly got a new design
(3 replies) #6 VRam on 09 Nov 2008 - 22:34
Do the .exes for calc, paint, etc run on Vista? I bet they do
#6.1 Chaks on 09 Nov 2008 - 22:40
Good one, haven't checked that
#6.2 Digix on 10 Nov 2008 - 00:06
Chaks said,
Good one, haven't checked that


give it a go...
#6.3 Ambroos on 10 Nov 2008 - 03:08
Digix said,
give it a go...

my 32bit Win7 exe didn't work in my 64bit WinVista.
#7 IceBreakerG on 09 Nov 2008 - 23:08
How about just updating the power calculator from the XP Power Toys, because I'd like to have graphing abilities.
(4 replies) #8 sonrah on 10 Nov 2008 - 02:20
Calculator's kinda buggy though. For example, if you do 200 * 10%, it results in:

200 * 10% = 4000

In the scientific mode, the percent sign isn't even available, and typing it in via the keyboard doesn't register.
#8.1 Airlink on 10 Nov 2008 - 03:12
sonrah said,
Calculator's kinda buggy though. For example, if you do 200 * 10%, it results in:

200 * 10% = 4000

In the scientific mode, the percent sign isn't even available, and typing it in via the keyboard doesn't register.

What did you expect? It's a Beta.
#8.2 sonrah on 10 Nov 2008 - 22:43
Come on, it's a calculator; even if it's beta, I expect it to work. Furthermore, being beta is not a free ticket for basic functionality being utterly broken and wrong.
#8.3 ZombieFly on 11 Nov 2008 - 12:34
sonrah said,
Come on, it's a calculator; even if it's beta, I expect it to work. Furthermore, being beta is not a free ticket for basic functionality being utterly broken and wrong.


i dont think you understand. beta is development code, i.e. it might not be finished. If they waited until everything was finished tested and working, you'd have no beta!
#8.4 +Cy Bones on 11 Nov 2008 - 14:12
On the current Windows calc, press:
" 200 * 10% " and the screen will show 20.
Press " = " and the result will be 4,000

Sounds like the new one is the same - the correct answer...

Why would you use the % sign in Scientific mode (which also isn't there in the current version)?
#9 kosmo on 10 Nov 2008 - 04:01
thats actually a pretty pimp calculator.

Id buy that for a dollar!
#10 P1R4T3 on 10 Nov 2008 - 08:43
I'll buy Win7, copy calc.exe to Vista, thats what i'm talking..... oh wait...
#11 Jugalator on 11 Nov 2008 - 10:00
Heh, MS has already done MS Calculator Plus in 2005 for XP for conversions, and even *yet* another one with *graphing* for XP here: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloa...ppowertoys.mspx

How the hell come that Windows SEVEN won't even get something in a free Windows XP PowerToy!?

How?

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