Yeah, that’s a weak marketing grab but it’s true that I would have missed this update to an old standby, Calc.exe.
For years I’ve offered the built-in Windows calculator to coach job candidates through a little bit boundary math and have become accustomed to revealing the hidden power of the Scientific view (where conversion from Decimal to Binary is child’s play). I had a small surprise in store this evening. Calc has changed!
At first glance, it looks like Calc was more successful than Joan Rivers when it chose its plastic surgeon.
For those of us who have looked around a little, the OS X calculator and the plethora of iPhone Calculators and Converters look like they’d eat this one alive.
If you go to the View menu, the fun begins immediately. Scientific View looks pretty much as expected. Note that Standard and Scientific offer calculation history as a standard feature.
Programmer mode is much more complex but still usable. This is a completely new option. Now I can ask interview questions about Dwords. I’ve always wanted to do that.
But wait! There’s more!
Statistics Mode, anyone?
Each view can be maintained and works in conjunction with a series of converters handy for all sorts of common unit conversion tasks. Here’s a handy one, Date Differences. Just how many more days until Christmas?
Also included are a series of worksheets for Mortgages, Loans and Fuel Economy.
This isn’t the finest Windows Calculator out there but it is a pleasant feature improvement over the Windows Calculator of the past.
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