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Hi Olivia,

We were recently in the same situation - looking for new software for
our existing hardware including a PE confocal.  My strong suggestion is
to see a demo of each software package running your hardware (if you
haven't already done this).  Only one software out of the five that we
considered has been able to run our specific hardware configuration once
the vendor arrived and set up for the demo.

I'd be happy to talk more about my experiences via direct email.

Best,
Jessica

Jessica Wagner
GI Research
The Children's Hospital
1215 Enders
300 Longwood Av.
Boston, MA 02115
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Thanks for all your suggestions. We already have the PE system (not new
RS) and I know that technically both Metamorph and Openlab can run all
the components. We just have to decide which one to go for. Our
experience with the PE software has been frustrating to say the least.
We want something stable and relatively user friendly. We already have
Meta on a couple of other systems but  are very impressed with some
other software from Improvision (Volocity). We also have a lot of Mac
users so a Mac system would be the popular choice. Olivia

Olivia Steele-Mortimer
Principal Investigator
Laboratory of Intracellular Parasites
NIAID, NIH
Rocky Mountain Laboratories
903 South 4th, Hamilton, MT 59840

Tel: 406-363 9292      Fax: 406-363 9380