Good scanner to buy as of January 2010

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Published on 2010-01-18T18:23:44Z Indexed on 2010/03/19 18:51 UTC
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Windows

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windows-7

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64-bit

I'm planning to buy a scanner soon and since I didn't purchased one in years I wanted to know which brand / models are the "best".

The ability to scan negatives is a nice to have but not 100% required.

If you are specifing a model in particular, plase note that it must work under 64-bit OS (I'm using Windows 7 Ulitmate 64-bit).

I'm not looking for a all-in-one solution like scanner/fax/printer.

I want to use this to scan "old" photos from the non-digital era :) And sometimes to scan magazines and books.

I am located in Canada it would be nice if your suggestion is available here. I usually buy online at NCIX and DirectCanada if it can help you see what's available there.

Edit: My search leaded me to 2 particular models. I hesitate between Canon CanoScan 8800F and Epson V600. Anyone have good/bad words on either of them?

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