SilverFast SE is a new solution from LaserSoft Imaging which combines the best of both worlds: high-end imaging technology for low-end digital cameras and scanners for a very low cost. SilverFast SE is designed to work with all major scanners while SilverFast DC-SE is designed to process data from all digital cameras. SilverFast SE is available for Apple Macintosh, Windows 95, 98, NT, 2000 and ME.
Weaknesses: bugs... thousands of them.
crashes.
wasted hours.
Bottom Line:
A buggier, more frustrating piece of software you will not find. The Mac OS platform is incredibly hard to crash, but kudos to the people at Silverfast... they have developed a truly unique program that is nearly impossible to use.
DON'T plug your iphone into your computer while scanning. For that matter, pretty much all of your external hardware needs to be disconnected when using the software, otherwise multiple reboots will be necessary to get back to the point where the software sees the scanner.