Apple Reviews

this was one serious upgrade. the inclusion of a spreadsheet/dope sheet editor, the motion mixer (an incredible time-saver for complex animations), and even a 'lite' version of worley labs' sasquatch (hair/fiber generation, a pixel filter/post processing effect) made it worth every penny for me- and it's already paid for itself. many other small enhancements, bug fixes and additions round off the version well, not to mention it's solid osX support. highly recommended!

I bought one of these about 3 years ago and it has given good service, running on Windows 98.

I now have windows XP and as other reviews have said, the software provided with the product does not work at all with XP. However, the critisism in some of the reviews above is not up to date. I have loaded updated software from the Umax site, which was free and works fine with XP. In fact it appears identical in use with the software initially provided.

I still think this is a good scanner, although it is a bit dated and bulky by today's standards.

RA

I purchased the Astra 2100U ,mostly because the price point for a 32 bit scanner was hard to beat. A little nervous on how it would perform ,however I was pleasantly surprised. I ended up removing all of the software bundled with this product except the VistScan software and the Adobe PhotoShop Home Edition 3.0. I like the ease of use on the copy utility, and use it often. FYI ,I have a P3 750 256M.B.SDRAM O/S WinMe , Iam using ver3.53U of the vistascan software, those having probs and are running WinMe or WinXP can download ver3.55 , I have'nt had any probe so Iam sticking with the originial ver off the installation CD ! If like me you dont use a scanner often,and cant justify spending alot on one ,this is the way to go ! When I frist recieved the scanner I noticed some smugges on the under side of the glass, UMAX support replied quickly to my concerns about this and supplied directions for opening up the case and cleaning the glass top and bottom. I also was concerned because I accidently had the scanner light on all night ,they said if the bulb was to burn out they would replace it!

I received this scanner free from a friend who has bought a new one and I replaced my old ulead scanner with this one. I love the simple use of all of the programs and there is no need to always set up size and pixels settings as in my other one. I don't know if I would have purchased this one to replace my old one but since it was free I am giving it a try and so far I am very pleased. I am running windows me and have had no problems...