Just got this back from Nikon: >"It is known by Nikon that there are problems with Dual Processor PC's, both Windows and Mac. Although the Product Brochures do not specifically say the 2CPU machines will not work, neither do they say it does. Dual Processors are good but only for applications that are designed for them like Photoshop. Ours is not and probably will not be for the foreseeable future. Best performance with our products is achieved (currently) on single processor P4 machines running lots of RDRAM"<
so the forums guesses were right, dual processors and nikonscan dont work very well. (I get one scan in four or so) funny thing is I'm not asking for NS to *utilise* dual processors, just not to crash with them. an awful lot of people, Mac or PC, working with such large files and semi-pro machines will have dual machines for Photoshop... it sure speeds my work up. Vuescan sure looks good now? Paul