Barry This is why I started this question. Currently, I am happy w/ the speed of my firewire scanner (400Mps). But, as you are doing, I have to restart in 9 to load the extensions. Is a USB scanner (@12Mps or something) painfully slow? I am dead set against having to purchase 3rd party software for a scanner which is not that old (I've done this rant before) But if I have to buy a new scanner, I say "the pox" on UMAX, their children and their childrens' children. I'll buy a different brand. :-) Rod On Feb 17, 2004, at 11:20 AM, Barry Sidwell wrote: > Finally... any personal experiences comparing Firewire v. USB2.0 > performance?