The people who designed this thing are some of the brightest in the world. What? They didn't examine it, weigh different parameters? You bet they did, I've been in there. I think the grumblers should apply for a job at R&S just to see their reaction, these guys get to pick the cream of crop, how many people here think they are in that group?
Being with the best and brightest don't mean it's going to be great, I've been on large projects with the brightest and best in their field. After spending ten's of million of dollars it's just another closed f'd-up project.
Sometimes we get it right, sometimes we don't. In this case they got it off the bench and it's going to be judged by the market not by those who worked on the project. As a product, long tern if the company determines it success or failure we may never know for sure.
Top people mean it has a better chance of fulfilling the design parameters. Have you ever designed a product or been on a team that brought a product to market from scratch? I have, I imagine Dave has.
OK, How many of you don't like this scope and have sold it, probably for a profit, on Ebay?
I got a relatively high end Agilent meter once, the fan noise drove me nuts, maybe my lab is quieter than most or for some reason the whine just was the wrong frequency for my ears. Doing low current testing it was sometimes on all day. I asked Agilent about it ONCE and they felt the level was not a problem.
I sold it! If something doesn't work for you it's useless, why keep it? Especially when you got a bargain on it like this scope and can make a profit. How many of you paid full price? So sell it and use the profit to get something that will work for you. How many people here who don't like this scope sold it or sent it back? I didn't see any used ones on Ebay.
I've seen a few guys, not too many, here griping about this scope being slow or whatever, well how much of your valuable time did you spend here complaining about it? Do something, your griping isn't getting you anywhere, you've told R&S what you thought, they'll fix it or for whatever reason they won't. Don't like the company, don't buy their test gear. Simple.
Do you want the problem or the solution?
What's intelligence? If you can do Laplace Transforms but you trip over your shoe laces every morning on the way to work are you intelligent? No, intelligence is the ability to constructively resolve one's problems.
You want to continue tripping over your shoe laces, have a ball!
It's a great scope, love it, I sold the scope this replaced, problem solved, end of story!