I'm in the same boat with a FACStar+. The problem is that you have to upgrade
the cytometer's hardware to interface with the Mac. From what I understand BD
won't just sell you the upgraded interface and let you buy your own Mac. (That
way they can also sell you a $2000 computer for $4000. Nice margin!) Any BD
lurkers want to clarify this point?
David McFarland
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Flow Cytometry Facility
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Charles Robinson <cerobins@uclink4.berkeley.edu> on 12/06/99 03:16:00 PM
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Subject: Upgrade to FACSort
I use a FACSort driven by a Quadra 650. BD wants around $8000 for a new
computer system. Does anyone know if it is possible to upgrade the computer
to a faster processor, like a PowerMac, without buying the system from BD?
Thanks,
Charles E. Robinson, Ph.D.
Laboratory of Bruce N. Ames
Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute
5700 Martin Luther King, Jr. Way
Oakland, California 94609
voice: (510) 428-3885 x 5274
fax: (510) 450-7910
crobinson@mail.chori.org
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