> From: "http://www.juno.com/~w1few" <http://www.juno.com/~w1few> > Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 13:20:25 GMT > > Linux - I see. Do you have room/space on top of your monitor? > I put a monitor > shelf on top of my monitor I already have one and that space is currently occupied :-). > and put the scanner there - no wasted space. There > are some things better left to Windows - ie scanning. But I understand your > situation. We have a combo HP unit at work and it is slow as molasses for > everything though it does do the job. The scanner is Windows based and a pain > to get going. Yeah, I imagine. Everything is done through the parallel port. Getting two way communication on that can be painful. > Just ramblings on the subject. At some point, I will want a scanner. (I'd mostly like it for doing back-ups of my paper-based appointment book.) It's just that a combo unit seems so convenient in terms of space. Perhaps when/if I get a job, I can afford a good combo that is faster.