General question: Software vs. hardware

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Hi.
There are software solutions that are able to create image data from wide-field and even microscope systems with seemingly similar quality to that obtained from confocal systems.

The comparison of acquisition vs. software is essentially a comparison of image acquisition vs. image processing. While a software solution is way cheaper than a hardware solution if it is able to produce image data with equal quality why would anyone choose to invest to a confocal anymore?

I’m looking forward to a vidid discussion!

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