hp 35s for you rpn engineers

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hp 35s for you rpn engineers
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cool.  i bought a 50g a couple of months ago and am thinking of buying a 35s.  the 50g is unbelievably powerful, but the keys are too hard for my tastes.
i have a 33s and really don't like it.  keys are very hard and there's the weird layout.
how do the 35s keys compare to other models?  the 48g keys are perfect imo.
i can't really comment on the other models first hand.  i have only used the 33s for any real number crunching.  one guy hear has used hp's since the early days and he looked at my new 35s and said it looked like they went back to the older designs that everyone loved so much.  like i said though i can't really comment as i have been using the 33s for several years.  my biggest reason for changing is that i break keys every year on the 33s and this calculator appears to be much better built with the resemblence to the financial calculator.  i used it most of this afternoon and i like it.  the buttons seemed much more solid.
i bought an hp 49g about 2 years ago that was having problems with it turning on and they sent a refurbished replacement. after using the replacement for a few hours, the zero key smashed in. they sent another refurbished replacement that worked for a few months then i began having problems with it and eventually a key smashed in on it also. now i use a calculator that you might find at your grocery store.
i won't buy another hp, i will try ti next time i decide to buy a graphing calculator.
similar story.
i had used hps for over 20 years but in the late 90s got sick of the keys playing up.
i've bought two cheap ones since 2000 and they are both still going strong. still miss the rpn though.
i'm pretty sure the 33s (maybe) and 49g (certainly) are the only hps with substandard quality.
ti for better keys?!  now there's a funny one!!
aggman - that looks very much like the older (1980's) style hp - how thick is it?
haynewp - i'm shocked at you.  man you are like one of the engineering mainstays here and you suggest that you'd use a ti?  (just ribbing you a little!)
i really wanted another hp but i had such bad luck with those 49g+'s... isn't the 50g supposed to be a replacement for the 49g+?
for anybody that has the 50g; besides tough keys, any other problems?
i am extremely happy with my 50g other than the key hardness.  i prefer softer (but still with that famous hp tactile click) keys than most, so this might be a non-issue for you.  
it seems reasonably tough.  it took a severe drop on concrete with minimal damage.  a small piece of plastic came off, but popped back on.
some don't like the enter key location, but i think it might even be a little faster for me.
they've included tremendous functionality and the processor seems very fast.
in the end, i still do mainly punching of equations, not programming, etc., so the hard keys just about cancel out everything else.
i bought a 35s the day after they were announced, mostly as a new toy to add to my modest collection. it's actually a pretty nice calculator, though it's not perfect. the 35s is based on the 33s (and the 32sii and 32s before that) with some enhancements, both internal and external. hp added functionality (including the ability to access more storage registers) and a few bugs (or are they features). much of the recent traffic on
fel3, how would you rate the 35s' key stiffness and travel distance compared to your 48g's?