PCR machine recommendations

[D.K.]

In article <laMt1BCPZaF9EAR+@[127.0.0.1]>, Duncan Clark <d_clark at genesys.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>Historians believe that in newspost <MnKQ8.91$U4.8446 at news.uchicago.edu> 
>on Fri, 21 Jun 2002, Emir Khatipov <khatipovNO at NOuchicago.edu> penned 
>the following literary masterpiece:
>>Would PE's 9700, or its
>>successor 2700, have a much easier programming interface?
>
>They are very very easy to program. No need to go near a manual - ever.
>
>One caveat. We bought 2x 2700's in March.  One has failed already with a 
>'lots all calibration' error. We now have a new one. Add on a hardware 
>failure of our ABI7000 and it makes you wonder about quality control. 
>However our 4 (or is 6?) year old 9700 has never had a problem.

Our 2700 is a year old and so far so good. 9700 is at least 4 and also
never a problem. 

DK