> My peeve today?  Multiplying 2.2M(ohm) and 47p(F).  Then having to count
> the zeros in the result to figure out what decade the result is in.  Add
> this to the fact that the windows calculator seems to be the easiest for
> me to find usually and it won't do exponents in nice 3,6,9,12
> increments, or even comma delimit right of the decimal point.

I used a Casio 570MS (and its dual powered version, the 991MS) during
my undergrad years. I think its very very useful.

It can handle kilo, milli, etc. And a little bit of unit conversion.
More than enough for EE work

Here's a link to its user manual.

http://ftp.casio.co.jp/pub/world_manual/edu/en/fx115MS_991MS_E.pdf

Regards,
Anand
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