INTeL QX3+ Microscope back in stock @ INTeL $29.95!!

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My kids love it. I bought one for work too. That was back when they sold them with the sound morpher. Excellent fun for young (and not so young) minds!!!!

 

[Pliablemoose]

I've got one of these & managed to lose the CD ROM part #, anyone willing to share theirs so I can upgrade to the XP driver? There's a physical CD rather than a download

(format: XXXXX-XXXX or XXXXXX-XXX)

If anyone has the CD part #, please PM me with it, thanks

 

[idfubar]

Microscope shows up as $99.99 instead of $29.99 when I add it to the cart - anyone else having this problem?

 

[RamaRay]

it shows a $70.04 discount when added to the cart.

looks like a deal to me; thanks, yellowfiero!

 

[yodayoda]

awesome toy, and very useful. i showed up with one of these at work and my PI and another grad student each bought one. i use it on my bench for lab work and for fun too! i found out that at my roommate's lab, they have a few of them too at their bench. you will find a use for this if you buy it, even if it is just inspecting currency =)

 

[davenap]

If you want the update for 2000/XP you can go here
update info
it's $3.50 if you don't have the original CD.

 

[db]

Nice write up, & hack too.

 

[BurningRome]

These things are so cool. I bought 2 for our lab (cancer research etc) from CompGeeks last week, and all the other postdocs love the microscope. The stock lights are a little too dim for any resolution/contrast at 200X but are fine for kid stuff.
Here'sa link for how to modify it for better brightfield microscopy.
It doesn't compare to our $25,000 Zeiss Axiophot setup with epifluorescence etc but it's great for gross anatomy. Most things you'd use (in science) a dissecting scope for you could use this, and for about 1% of the cost, I'd guess.
The ones from Compgeeks were the QX3+ version, having the "+" means native support for Win2K and WinXP in the software.

 

[sparks]

My niece thanks you, my wallet does not.

 

[djheater]

Originally posted by: db
Nice write up, & hack too.

what's the hack?

Oh and god bless you for the W2K link... I've been to lazy to track it down... my daughter is 4 and loves this... I thinks it's pretty cool too...

 

[HepDude]

We've shipped your Shop Intel(SM) order!

They shipped it same day!

Amazing - I never get any of these Anandtech limited quantity offers. :Q

By the way, if this one sells out, as mentioned above - Compgeeks has it in stock for $5 more (which is still a good deal).

 

[govikes]

There is also a coupon for free shipping available for Intel.com, so for me it was $29.95 plus $1.95 tax = $31.90 delivered. I see on *bay that there are plenty of these selling for $30+, but they don't say they're the QX3+ model (only QX3).

 

[roamerr]

Is there anywhere to download the full windows 2000 install for the qx3? I did not get the plus and have oredered the cd but hate waiting the 2 wks. I have DSL so I do not care that it is 200mb.

 

[unclebud]

is x-drive still in business? maybe someone could put it there for you. good luck
if they go out of stock again (not saying they will), saw them @ target for $24.99 earlier this week, along with the elmo/bert and ernie computer phones for $14.99. my kingdom to find out who was sabotaging the ones in this are and only stealing the phone
they have a lot of other softs for 50% off also--alice for $9.99, microsoft fs 2000 for $24.99 with $20 rebate
forgot what red faction cost, but arcanum was $19.99

 

[vcarpio2]

I saw 2 QX3 Intel microscopes on clearance at Target for 24.95 last weekend. You may want to check out your local Target first.

 

[kbaxter]

Shhhhweeeeeeet! I just bought the Intel digicam from their site. The kids have already been having fun with it, and they haven't even tried the special effects yet. I really shouldn't get the 'scope, but did I say "shhhhhweeeeeeet!"?

 

[creektech]

Got mine. Ordered the 14th and it showed up the 16th with FREE ground shipping. Kids and I haven't played with it. Looks like it is OOS now.

 

[tfbrown69]

Got mine ,what a nice scope this really is...but ,it does need a little brighter light to make it truly shine...

 

[Netgeek]

If you missed this deal at Intel, it's now available at www.computergeeks.com for $34 + S&H.