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<p>Their burgeoning political activism about that time clinched it for me.</p>
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<p>What activism is that? Do you mean advocating for laws and regulations for things like safety belts, airbags, clean water, etc.?</p>
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<p>I normally respect <em>Consumer Reports</em> but I remember years ago they panned the Dyson vacuum cleaner for some reason. I bought one anyone and it's been great for at least ten years. Still going strong.</p>
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<p>That was for dust emissions if I remember correctly.</p>
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<p>The price of the product has a lot of weight in Consumer Report review.</p>
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<p>Not true. They may label a product a "Best Buy," meaning it tested well and is low in price, but the tests themselves are independent of price.</p>
<p>Unless you need dual monitors why not go with a standard desktop tower Mac and save money by not getting the monitor? That way you get the most processing power and upgrade-ability without buying hardware you don't need since you already have a great monitor.</p>
<p>You know you can drive a 10 bit monitor with any card right? Do you think you'll see a difference? I would only do this if I regularly used my monitor for scientific measurements with a colorimiter, IMO that's the only thing that could see a difference.</p>
<p>It's a legacy product. If they don't want you to be able to use it so they can make money, you won't be able to. As far as other S/W that supports it as a generic colorimeter, you'll have to research that (Google?), but it must have a working driver and I doubt Datacolor will update that for Win10.</p>
<p>They get you coming and going, it's why I stay on one OS as long as possible.</p>