I'm considering buying Maple but I need to know something...

 

Does the functionality Maple provides (like the equation editor) allow for writing out math as quickly and effeciently as doing it on paper? I ask because I have a rather unique disability that has left me without the ability to write, making it difficult to learn math. I'd like to find software that will allow me to write math on the PC like you might see on paper.

 

Basically, I am considering buying Maple 11 as I am a college student hwo will soon be taking college-level math courses. But I am weak in these old areas of mathematics, the stuff you explore in high school. I want to know if Maple 11 will serve the majority of my math needs as a student, whether it is pre-algebra, algebra, geometry, calculus, etc.