CellQuest officially ended development around 2007. It runs on or Windows 2000/XP . Running it today requires:
If you are setting up a legacy lab, keep a dedicated Windows XP machine with a serial-to-USB adapter. For analysis, export your .FCS files to FlowJo or R (using flowCore package). But for straightforward, low-throughput experiments, CellQuest still gets the job done. cellquest software
(alongside its successor, BD CellQuest Pro ) is a foundational, bench-standard software application developed by BD Biosciences (Becton, Dickinson and Company) designed to handle real-time data acquisition and multivariate analysis for flow cytometers. CellQuest officially ended development around 2007