Five Illumina instruments now obsolete?

AllSeq · 01-27-2014, 08:14 PM

In all the hoopla about Illumina’s announcements, this might have been missed: they just discontinued five sequencing instruments. Did yours just become obsolete?

http://blog.allseq.com/was-your-illu...-made-obsolete

ScottC · 01-28-2014, 04:09 PM

Surely it's no surprise. Our GAIIx has been obsolete for a long time... long prior to the announcement of new sequencers. I would have thought that anyone owning a GA-series instrument would know that it's not worth running unless you have a specific application that can't be done on another sequencer, or unless you were getting much better pricing from Illumina than we were!

... anyone want to buy a GAIIx? Perfect working order with all accessories included :-)

AllSeq · 01-28-2014, 04:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ScottC

Surely it's no surprise. Our GAIIx has been obsolete for a long time...

Yes, you're absolutely correct. It's been effectively obsolete (and only minimally supported) for quite some time. The HiSeq 1000, 1500 and 2000 being discontinued is perhaps a bit more surprising, but their lineup was looking a bit crowded. The slimmed down choices seems to make more sense.

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ScottC Senior Member Location: Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 246	Surely it's no surprise. Our GAIIx has been obsolete for a long time... long prior to the announcement of new sequencers. I would have thought that anyone owning a GA-series instrument would know that it's not worth running unless you have a specific application that can't be done on another sequencer, or unless you were getting much better pricing from Illumina than we were! ... anyone want to buy a GAIIx? Perfect working order with all accessories included :-)