I saw the Leica, Zeiss and Biorad at the ASCB meeting and found that until
everything is implemented and I can demo, I would have a very hard time
choosing.  I plan to demo them in the spring when all are available and
running. I am leary of planned features that are not actually running.  One
thing that has not been discussed that I would find useful is reliability
of existing instruments.  Could users please comment on the frequency of
breakdowns of their Zeiss, Leica and Biorad systems?  My Biorad MRC-600 has
been a real workhorse needing only infrequent repair and I would like to
have the same reliability in a new instrument.  Thanks- Dave


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Dr. David Knecht
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology
University of Connecticut
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Storrs, CT 06269
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