If you end up with one be sure and post all about!
Well I'm slightly ahead of you. A colleague bought a DS4034 a couple months ago on my recommendation, and I loaned it for a
few weeks for a tough project. I was also handy to compare it against my older LeCroys and a cheapass SDS7102V Owon.
It IS a nice scope, but the LeCroys shitted all over it with triggering ability. I spent ages trying to get the Rigol to lock onto glitches
that I knew were there. The poor ol' Owon actually didn't fare too bad either, but it DID have some serious limitations in
triggering. For me, the Owon is damn handy to take out on HV EV jobs, because it's battery powered and damn cheap, so I don't care
if I pop it. But, I DO like the huge Rigol screen, and it has enough features to make the cheaper 100MHz version worthwhile for me.
BUT for my serious stuff, I'm on the lookout for a couple more older LeCroys.
The only new fly in the ointment is the GW Instek, which has suddenly become interesting (due to their recent IMPROVEMENT in
their communication skills). In all the years I bought their stuff, I never had a decent reply from sales / support, so I had given up
on them. Now the baskits seem to be a bit more friendly. I may wait to see how that pans out as well.
Guess May isn't that far away.