From: Jasper Witt on

"History Fan"
> I've noticed browsing thru retail stores like BestBuy, Circuit City and
> CompUSA that flatbed scanners are nearly impossible to find nowadays. At
> least in my area. The trend seems to be towards all-in-one machines, i.e.
> printer, scanner and fax.

We've used those "all-in-one" machines at work. They are not as good as the
medium priced flat bed scanners or printers. The HP "all-in-one" machines
that we used at work are are disposable (they work only for a short time
then throw them away).

As far as Best Buy, I don't buy there because there are by far better
alternatives to that store.