I'm new-ish to embedded electronics. I took a couple EE courses in college but the knowledge has atrophied from disuse, and most of it wasn't very practical information anyway.
I'm looking to get a scope that will last me 10+ years and allow me to build some of my own basic circuits and devices as well as troubleshoot/hack others. These will probably be small micro controller based designs. I imagine at some point I will need a logic analyzer so I could either get an MSO now or plan on getting a separate logic analyzer later. The Saleae analyzers look like a pretty good deal (Saleae 8/16-ch Analyzer), making getting a good DSO more of a priority than a good all-in-one.
I have up to $1750 I could spend on this but I'd prefer something down around $1000. After looking through this blog and around online I've been pretty impressed with the features of the Rigol DS2072. Also, the ability to potentially 'improve' it up to 250MHz bandwidth with logic analysis capabilities is pretty attractive for the price. I've looked around at tequipment.com and on the test equipment forum here and I've seen several people asking if the 2072 is worth the price but not many people looking at a price range above that.
Is the DS2072 +hacks really one of the best options until you get up to around $2000?
Thanks for your help!!