The only thing I have ever used it for was to play around on the desktop in getting PHD2 to interact with the rest of the software I use.
I quickly found it asier to just get out and set up to see how it works with real data. I would not let it frustrate you as a desktop study, IMO you are better off setting it up and giving it a run with some real data. I never used PHD1 so I can't compare to that for ease of setup and use.
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