I purchased this scanner for the simple reason that it looked beautiful and took up less space than the conventional flat bed scanner. This was a mistake. The software that drives the scanner is unnecessarily complex, clunky and difficult to use. Scanning slides often results in the HP Software locking up. What is a great idea has been spoiled by poor unfriendly software. Even the manual is difficult to follow - there isn't even a clear instruction of how to fix the slide adapter. A simple show and tell DVD might have helped. Perhaps, HP might expand their new relationship with Apple with iTunes to advice on how to write easy to use software. I cannot recommend this scanner until HP re-writes their scanning software.