<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2314.1000" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2>Hi Doug,</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Would you mind giving a little more = information??  Why do you want an ETD?  What are you wanting to do with it?  What do = you wish to accomplish by using it?  Are you intending to use it every = day and all day, or just on occasion?  Would it be any advantage to you if = you had access to other things such as your database, or billing programs, etc. = on the same machine? (I'm probing as to whether or not a laptop may be a = possible advantage or not.)  Are you wanting to get into serious tonal = analysis such as voicing with your machine, or just tuning?  Are weight and size = and battery life (as in how long it will run between charges) important factors? </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>What you might think about some of those things = might give some insight on which machine might work out best for you.  From = what I've seen, SAT is good.  RCT is good.  TuneLab is good.  There = might be others, but they all have their good and not so good points depending = upon what's most important to you.  PC or Mac.  Potatoes or = pasta.  Ford or Chevy...  It's what's right for you.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Input?</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Brian Trout</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Quarryville, PA</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2><A href="mailto:btrout@desupernet.net">btrout@desupernet.net</A></FONT></D= IV> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML>