Color calibration software

I was looking at spyder2pro studio and was told that it was being discontinued.
Someone recommended I look at ColorVision Spyder2 Plus. Does anyone know anything about this or have any recommendations?
Thanks.

Mark,
Pantone has dropped the Spyder 2 if that tells you anything (I found it very slow, the white point too warm never matching what I asked for). PANTONE is now carrying the Huey (for the novice) and eye-one display 2, both from GretagMacbeth.
I have tested all 3 of them on my 23" ACD and found the Eye-One and X-Rite's MonacoOPTIX-XR PRO very close. I prefer the OPTIX for it's 3D profiles and advanced tracking features to evaluate performance over time.
here are some links
http://www.pantone.com/products/products.asp?idSubArea=0&idArea=2&showNav=0
http://www.gretagmacbeth.com/index/products/productscolor-mgmt-spec.htm#productscm-for-creatives
http://www.xrite.com/product_overview.aspx?Industry=1&Segment=12&ID=612
And great information prices here
http://www.colormanagement.com/homepage
Good luck calibrating and profiling your display.
Mike
PowerBook 15 Al 1.67Ghz   Mac OS X (10.4.3)   2 GB Ram

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    Kelli Customer Advocate Customer Complaint Resolutions Lenovo US 1009 Think Place, Bldg 2 Morrisville, NC 27560
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    From: Christopher Lang  Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2012 12:19 PM To: 'Doris' Subject: RE: FW: Error with latest update to Pantone Color Calibrator Software (v1.1) and Eye one external calibrator - case 184142 Importance: High
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    From: Doris Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2012 12:13 PM To: Christopher Lang Subject: Re: FW: Error with latest update to Pantone Color Calibrator Software (v1.1) and Eye one external calibrator - case 184142 Importance: High
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    "Christopher   Lang" <christopherlang1@>
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      From: Jeremy Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2012 11:24 AM To: christopherlang1 Subject: contact info
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    From: Kelli
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    Mr Lang,
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