Advantages: Affordable, solid, good quality and you can rest cups of tea on top! Disadvantages: Sometimes slow to scan and other scanners do have better quality
We have had out Microtek Scanmaker 3600 for well over 5 years now and it is still going strong and doing the job for our entire family. I'm not sure how much we paid for it, but it was not a lot because we just wanted a basic scanner that could scan in documents. It is very reliable, easy to use, with a suitable range of features but has the tendency to be a bit slow occasionally.
1. Looks, Design and Size
The scanner is fairly good looking, quite elegant and fairly compact. It measures approximately 17" long, 10" across and 4" high so can fit into most desktop areas. It has a solid build to it and rather funky curve on the lid that gives it some added style. Furthermore, the main surface is flat and you can easily rest your cup of tea, lunch or bits of paper on top! The white colour is easy on the eye and fits in to most rooms ...
Advantages: Durable, Programmable, Easy to Set Disadvantages: Too Slow for Offices, Quality Pictures Require Changing Settings
The Microtec ScanMaker 4850 flatbed scanner might seem obsolete due to its quality, being half of what more modern scanners can offer, and the fact it is not a part of a multi-functional copier, but you should not be assumptuous about this device.
Instead of reviewing the mechanics and energy consumption of the scanner, this summary will provide you practical information about the technology in question.
The scanner came with an USB wire and power cord, instruction manual (it was unnecessary, as all you have to do is plug it in and install the software), installation CDs (multi-lingual, one for Max, one for Windows) with plenty of software including Microtek's scanner applications and an OCR application, which is gold, as it turns your scanned material available for editing in Word.
Value for Money
I've gotten this ...
Advantages: Good applications Disadvantages: Can't play MP's
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Samsung SGH-S400i
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Another great phone in the series of Samsung. It's the Samsung SGH-S400i. It has a sleek new look with the sliding technology that makes the phone look even better. The phone comes in one colour only, as far as I am aware of. It has a black front to the phone but the rest of the phone is a slightly lighter black or more like a metallic grey. The phone has quite a big TFT screen which has a great quality factor of 65k colour. When the phone is closed it is about three inches tall and about one and a half inches wide of which most of the measurements are took up by the screen. All that is not the screen consists of a main action button surrounded by four directional keys left, right, up and down. Then surrounding the directional keys there are five other buttons ...
Certified for Windows Vista software and devices have undergone compatibility tests for ease-of-use, better performance and enhanced security.
Compliant Standards
FCC Class B certified, EN 60950, IEC950, UL 1950, CSA 22.2 No. 950
Power
Power Device
Power adapter - external
Voltage Required
AC 120/230 V ( 50/60 Hz )
Power Consumption Operational ( Standby )
15 Watt
Software / system requirements
Software Included
Drivers & Utilities, Adobe Acrobat Reader, ABBYY FineReader Sprint, Ulead Photo Explorer, Microtek ScanWizard 5, KODAK DIGITAL SCIENCE Color Management Solutions, Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0, Adobe Photoshop Album SE
OS Required
Apple MacOS 9.x, Microsoft Windows 98SE/2000/ME/XP, Apple MacOS X 10.2 - 10.3
Peripheral / Interface Devices
CD-ROM
System Requirements Details
Windows 98SE/2000/ME/XP - Pentium II - RAM 64 MB
MacOS 9.x - RAM 64 MB
MacOS X 10.2 - RAM 64 MB
MacOS X 10.3 - RAM 64 MB
Manufacturer warranty
Service & Support
1 year warranty
Service & Support Details
Limited warranty - 1 year
Environmental parameters
Min Operating Temperature
10 °C
Max Operating Temperature
40 °C
Humidity Range Operating
20 - 85%
Sound Emission
56 dBA
Manufacturer's product description
The ScanMaker s400 is the perfect combination of precision engineering and stylish design, bringing high-resolution scanning to the home. Its high 9600 x 4800 dpi resolution lets you create poster-sized files of your film or photo with remarkable sharpness and detail previously only available in much higher-priced scanners. With Microtek's exclusive ColoRescue, color restoration is as easy as a click of a button. The ScanMaker s400 also comes with the new LightLid 35 Plus accessory for scanning 35mm slides and filmstrips. Rounding out the scanner is a Hi-Speed USB interface, eight easy-to-use buttons, as well as imaging and document-scanning options.
