OS X scanners

[Charles Martin]

> From: tamara buffalo <buffalo59 at mac.com>
>
> I went to best buy to get a canon 20 or 30 they were on sale and the
> guy at the store said they were so painfully slow they were of no use.
> also not any good for scanning photos. has that been your experience?

Repeat after me: "I will NEVER believe ANYTHING a Best Buy salesman 
tells me."

I tried out the Canon Lide 20 and it is as fine a scanner as anything 
else on the market for that level of consumer scanner. It was as fast 
as any other USB scanner (which is to say not very) and the results 
were just fine. I used it to scan a hefty number of photos on deadline.

Best Buy is a TERRIBLE place to buy *anything* unless it a) will never 
need repair or b) is at least 50% below the cost anywhere else. 
Otherwise, it's just not worth it.

_Chas_

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