Do the math. - macsolu

Hamrick has put in an incredible amount of (ongoing) work to make this software the premier universal scanner driver. For you to *censored* & moan about a relatively low price is childish. VueScan has its rightful place in the Mac world -- for those who find it useful, I'm sure $49 is a small, and fair, price to pay. Especially if it is for a scanner that originally cost $1300 and is now essentially useless/incompatible thanks to neglect (or greed) from the manufacturer. Not to mention the miscellaneous ridiculous instabilities that certain scanner software (HP's, for example) continues to exhibit. In this case, VueScan is a lifesaver. Just my opinion.

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Sunday, March 26 2006 @ 10:32 AM PST

49 bucks? I'll order a scanner for that much - mail222

If you're happy with the bundled software on a $49 scanner, then good luck to you. Some of us have more sophisticated requirements, ably satisfied by Vuescan.

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Sunday, March 26 2006 @ 10:38 AM PST

$49 is CHEAP considering Hamrick's continuous efforts... - SPI...master...

I paid for my VueScan license many years ago and continue to get amazing value (and quality updates/upgrades) from the software. If you can really use a cheap scanner and be happy, by all means do it, but you'll be even happier with that cheap scanner using Vuescan instead of the (usually) poor bundled driver and software...additionally, you can ALSO use that old SCSI scanner at the same time and get some higher quality scans (though the resolution may not be as high as the cheap scanner). Remember, cheap scanners have cheap optics...and you get what you pay for...

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Monday, March 27 2006 @ 08:00 PM PST

Good luck with the Canon software... - jpellinovt

Unless you have Photoshop - for which you paid much more than $49 - the bundled software is a joke compared to that this can do. I paid the $49 a long time ago and this thing just gets better and better.

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Tuesday, March 28 2006 @ 08:22 AM PST

49 bucks? I'll order a scanner for that much - jtarpley_1

It's important to understand the history of this product. When the switch to OS X occurred, many of us were left with scanners for which there was no support. Then along came VueScan, which then and now offeres support for scores of different scanner brands. Although I have updated my scanners since OS 10.1, I still find that VueScan remains more versatile and reliable that the scanning software supplied by my current two scanner manufactures, Epson & HP. Maybe the price is not for all, but the software is: one software app and interface functions reliably for many scanners. But I do agree, $49 is a little higher than it needs to be.

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Tuesday, March 28 2006 @ 09:37 AM PST

Troll, ignore - Ilgaz

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Tuesday, March 28 2006 @ 10:27 AM PST

49 bucks? I'll order a scanner for that much - jmc54

Is there a review here somewhere? This software has kept alive my $1000.00 HP 4c (now $30.00 on ebay) long after HP stopped supporting it! So by all means, go out and buy the cheapest piece of crap you can find, then actually place a REVIEW!

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Thursday, March 30 2006 @ 04:48 AM PST

VueScan is Good - Dadof5

this is really good software..simple and universal. I've used it for year. so buy it or don't buy it. its a free market so don't knock it!

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Friday, April 07 2006 @ 06:19 PM PDT