It was just this summer that MIT purchased 51 machines, and I am guessing these are larger than the desktop machine announced. It makes you wonder if in a few 
years your sequencing machine will sit there right next to your printer. This is not the first desktop model but rather a second one in the industry.
Broad Institute of MIT Purchases 51 Sequencing Machines from Illumina – Genomics
Life Sciences a few weeks ago announced their Ion Torrent machine with sequencing using chip technology and has theirs for sale for less than 100k, and I don’t know the exact price. 
Life Technologies Debuts Ion Torrent Machine-Cheap Genes at $500 for Single Sequence
The Illumina model is called “MiSeq” the personal sequencing machine and it is a desktop model. Their model per their press release is to be priced under $125k so it looks to be somewhat close in pricing with the Ion Torrent model but pricing is somewhat commanded by the market with demand too. BD
Not to be outdone, San Diego-based Illumina (NASDAQ: ILMN), the market leader in gene sequencing instruments, unveiled its latest iteration. This tool, dubbed MiSeq, is a desktop-sized sequencing machine that can be bought for about $125,000, a fraction of previous devices’ costs, and do a lot of heavy duty sequencing for a few hundred bucks per run. It’s a direct answer to the aggressive move of its competitor, Carlsbad, CA-based Life Technologies (NASDAQ: LIFE), which has generated a lot of buzz lately with its cheap and fast new tool it acquired from Ion Torrent Systems.
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