Yeah, the problem is being tethered via usb cable. At home my desk is too small & cluttered to have samples, microscope and a laptop next to it. Uni itd be doable but Id be doing it on a netbook and would still end up needing to transfer from that to a PC for proper editing
The workflow for a camera and a remote is also much easier. 1 hand on fine focus and the other on the remote, twiddle the focus by a mm or 2 and press shutter button and repeat, rather than having to use a mouse or press a key on a keyboard.
It could be useful for stopmotion though