Several thoughts

[powermacg4_450]

Installing X was a breeze... took about 30 minutes! compare that to the hours it takes to install windows. ;)

I have a usb laser printer, a firewire cdrw, and a usb scanner.

ALL my hardware worked fine after installing X, but the scanner.

still waiting for epson to create a driver for that.

I Only boot in 9 to scan, and ive deleted most of my classic apps.... I want to be all natice... NO more classic!

goodbye os 9. rip.

[powermacg4_450]

lol. typo.

I want to be "native".. ;)

that is all native osX apps. lol

[rusto]

See if VueScan (find at VersionTracker) supports your Epson.

[bahamutX]

me too! i have to use classic to scan from my D1230U Epson Scanner

[sbur]

I just open classic and the scanner works fine...as does all the software that came with it (the copy machine, OCR, etc). I never have to reboot...that's the beauty of OS X.

Anyway, epson has a program called "Scan to File" that works alright. I haven't used it much because I mostly use the scanner as a photocopier, so I'm stuck in classic for a while. (You can get scantofile on the apple downloads page.)

I have to say that I'm getting a little peeved at epson for the delay in getting a driver out. the only thing I can think of is that they are going to release it with 10.2 so that the next update doesn't break it right away. but who knows.

[powermacg4_450]

mad at epson? me too...

but It could get worse... I read that they "may" charge people $4 for a X compatible driver... :(

this seems like an unfair business practice..??

I hope its not true..

check out:

http://www.dailymac.com/content/shopper/epsonosx.html