Umax Astra 6400 Scanner

I am high and dry with this scanner and no software. Yes you can PURCHASE the new software for OS10, but it's not available for DOWNLOAD. You have to wait for them to ship it. Can someone please explain to me why you can't download it like virtually every other piece of software in the universe?

This last review stating that the Astra 6400 is not OS X compatible is not correct, there is a software upgrade on the UMAX website for $49.

I bought the 6450 (same as this with transparency adapter) a year or so ago and it worked well enough under Mac OS 9.1. However, when I upgraded my Mac to OS X I was astonished to find out that Umax does not support this series of scanners under OS X and has no intention of doing so. That leaves recent purchases of the scanner high and dry. I am totally fed up with Umax and will never buy anything from them again.

Well, I bought this scanner almost a year ago. It worked pretty well for a while. It is quite fast, and I like the way the TWAIN software retains modified settings until one changes them: a feature more manufacturers should consider. BUT, not only did it not work with XP (what were they thinking???) when I upgraded, it wouldn't work with 98 SE when I tried to re-install it on my old machine. Looks like the card is bad. Very disappointing performance.

I just upgraded to Windows XP after buying this product. It's not supported by Microsoft. Neither is the Astra 6450.
Be very careful.