I work as a volunteer in a museum which is planning to store images of the collection on CD ROM. I am not a computer specialist and nobody is in the museum. I have been looking at equipment and figured out that we need on top of what we have already, a) a scanner with transparencies attachment and that the HP seems to be what we need, and a CD ROM read write machine, and there is the problem: The HP is around 1000 and the Yamaha is around 2000 and I cannot figure out the difference and do not want to ask to dealers as I would like impartial opinions. Can anybody give me some advice or share their experience on this process, or tell me if it has been discussed before (I am sure it has!) how I can access the information. Thank you in advance. Dominique Rogers [log in to unmask]