BUT - the Z450 is off the shelf, the RepRap requires a lot of assembly.
The Z450s quality is also rather better at the moment, and it can assemble in colour. It also uses a slightly different form of rapid prototyping technology.
One way or another though we're going to see cheap rapid prototyping. Either the cost of professional products like the Z450 will keep on coming down or DIY machines like the RepRap will become more common.
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Date: 2008-07-23 06:10 am (UTC)BUT - the Z450 is off the shelf, the RepRap requires a lot of assembly.
The Z450s quality is also rather better at the moment, and it can assemble in colour. It also uses a slightly different form of rapid prototyping technology.
One way or another though we're going to see cheap rapid prototyping. Either the cost of professional products like the Z450 will keep on coming down or DIY machines like the RepRap will become more common.