VectorNTI

Website

Invitrogen's bioinformatics site

Notes

VectorNTI runs on MacOSX version 10.3 (Panther) but is reportedly not compatible with MacOS 10.4 (Tiger). In response to a query about whether they plan to support Tiger, their customer support said "Unfortunately, there are no current plans but we will apprise you if that situation changes." Perhaps if enough people bother Invitrogen's customer support, they will work on and release a patch.

Rumor has it that Invitrogen plans to make VectorNTI free for PC users at academic institutions and discontinue support for MacOSX. It is unclear if this is true. This site recommends contacting Invitrogen's customer service to lobby for MacOS 10.4 support.

Update: VectorNTI is now available for free to academic, governmental and non-profit researchers. VectorNTI 7.1 does not run on OS X Tiger currently. But according to the website, "Invitrogen are evaluating a patch to Vector NTI suite® 7.1 to run on TIGER. Check back here for updates on our evaluation (Sept 2005)."