IE Tester vs. Adobe BrowserLab

Which website tester is more accurate out of IE Tester and Adobe BrowserLab?
I sometimes get different results, but usually when I test IE6 (I don't know why I care about IE6, but this may be the last project I worry about IE6).
Here is what I get with Adobe BrowserLab (looks as it should)
Here is what I get with IE Tester (notice the red outline).
I tend to think IE Tester is buggy (especially on the IE6 tab) because it crashes at random times (sometimes when it's just idle in the background).
What other browser testers are there out there?
Are people still designing for IE6?

I wouldn't be afraid to express what's on your mind. If it's coming from a place of experience, that's accepted. I only have issue when people randomly throw out their opinions and have a). no idea of what I'm talking about and/or b). have no idea what I'm talking about. I don't think it's a matter of code (because it's a simple background image inside a div). I'm not sure there are enough variables in that to think it's a matter of code. I just think it's a matter of IE Tester being buggy. Like I said, I've really only noticed the differences when I use the IE6 tab, but again like I said, I'm not going to worry about IE6 after this project (or maybe not worry about it now). Last I checked, IE6 had a market usage of around 3%, and I'm sure my client's target audience would be more "up to date people".
The bad thing about BrowserLab is the fact they are going to discontinue their "free service" sometime this year, so I better start looking for alternative ways to test websites on older browsers.
Maybe one day all the browser developing geeks will meet and come up with a more standard and compatible platform. It's ridiculous to have so many variables to accommodate when designing.

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We have removed IE7 from BrowserLab, which you can read about on our blog: http://blogs.adobe.com/browserlab/2013/01/01/browserlab-update-removes-ie7/
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