I first got to use MacVector when I was a grad student, and I very much liked the program. While a postdoc, I had to adjust to another commercial program, but it just did not offer the intuitive ease of use. Now in my own lab, I’m happy to be with MacVector again for a bunch of reasons:
– intuitive use and great UI
– program stability and integration with web resources
– primer design from cloning to sequencing
– molecular cloning made easy (the new cloning clipboard is great!)
– the alignment functionality is fantastic, especially when it comes to
electrophorograms
– the seamless integration of sequence data with graphic interpretations
and feature information.
We tried to get away with open-source solutions for a bit, but this was most definitely money very well-spent.