Umax Astra 6400 Scanner

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Summary: Best there is for the price.
Review: Well when my old HP crapped out, I knew I had to get me a scanner that would last more than 6 months and would produce high-quality scans. Enter UMAX. This is by far the best scanner I've seen available for the money, and the included firewire card comes in quite handy. If you're just sending photos to friends & family or if you need a scanner for professional purposes, this would, like, totally fit the bill, yo.

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Summary: Worked fine at first...
Review: Well, I bought this scanner almost a year ago. It worked pretty well for a while. It is quite fast, and I like the way the TWAIN software retains modified settings until one changes them: a feature more manufacturers should consider. BUT, not only did it not work with XP (what were they thinking???) when I upgraded, it wouldn't work with 98 SE when I tried to re-install it on my old machine. Looks like the card is bad. Very disappointing performance.