I'm still to take the plunge with self guiding Dennis.
I'm actually cheating a bit with the T&A, I'm still relying on the trusty ol' ToUcam and K3CCDTools to autoguide while I experiment with the imaging side of the SBIG. In fact I'm still using CCDOPS rather than CCDSoft (too scary for me atm.
I know I'm a woose
) I'll take your advice onboard next time and see how I go with the long exposure shots.