Hi All, I'm considering upgrading the computer system on our cytometer as well and just talked with a rep at BD. They will sell the upgrades separate and let you buy your own computer, however they will not support that computer with any technical services should any problems arise. TC At 03:38 PM 12/8/99 MST, Jill Martin wrote: > >>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 >> >> >> >> >> (Embedded image moved to file: pic12408.pcx)From:(Embedded image moved to >> >> file: pic06135.pcx)Charles Robinson <cerobins@uclink4.berkeley.edu> on >> >> 12/06/99 03:16 PM >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> To: Cytometry Mailing List >> <cytometry@flowcyt.cyto.purdue.edu> >> >> cc: (bcc: David McFarland/VUMC/Vanderbilt) >> >> >> >> 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 >> >> >> >> >>Content-type: application/octet-stream; >> name="pic12408.pcx" >>Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="pic12408.pcx" >> >>Attachment converted: MOLBIO:pic12408.pcx (????/----) (0000FC0F) >>Content-type: application/octet-stream; >> name="pic06135.pcx" >>Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="pic06135.pcx" >> >>Attachment converted: MOLBIO:pic06135.pcx (????/----) (0000FC10) > > > Tawni L. Crippen, PhD USDA/ARS/SPARC Office: (409)260-9374 2881 F&B Road FAX: (409)260-9332 College Station, TX 77845 crippen@ffsru.tamu.edu
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