HW wrote:

From what I understand, most people who have tried both, prefer a
standalone scope over a PC based one.

Understood completely, if this were for routine use I'd agree. But,
mine is a once-in-a-blue-moon use case.

You can get a very nice, brand new, hobby scope for that kind of
money. The Rigol DS1054Z seems to be available for around $450. That
is a four-channel, 50 MHz scope. It can easily be hacked for 100 MHz
bandwidth.

That's better than I need by a wide margin, but it's tempting 8-)

Thanks for writing,

bob prohaska