Best Portable Scanner for College for the Mac
If you're a Mac user and want a scanner at school, you have fewer choices than your friends with PCs. Finding an all-in-one printer with a scanner isn't hard, and that's your best bet in any case if you want to use it in your dorm room only. If you want a separate scanner, however, a portable is, in theory, the best way to go. For now, however, the pickings for Mac users are slim. That said, here's a look at reasonably portable scanners that work with the Mac.
Why it's best:
One of the few flatbed scanners that's small and light enough to consider portable, the Canon CanoScan LiDE 100 is a mere 3.5 pounds and is just barely big enough to avoid getting lost under a stack of papers with its 9.9- by 14.6 inch footprint and a height of just 1.6 inch... read full review
Price Range:
$57.01 - $69.99
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Dell Small Business $69.99
Buydig.com $57.01
Why it's a best pick:
Although it's a little large for a portable sheet-fed scanner, the Fujitsu ScanSnap S300 still squeaks into the category at 3- by 11.2- by 3.75-inches and 3.1 pounds. Largely responsible for the heavier than usual weight are two features that you won't find on most portable ...
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$240.89 - $295.00
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Dell Small Business $289.99
Newegg.com $240.89