I also recently invested in a Canon Lide 50, which works a treat with documents and photo's. A big plus point is that it needs no external power (it draws it from the USB port). NB - this may also be a -ve if you already have a lot of power hungry peripherals on your PC. Also, it can be used vertically, saving some desk space, but requiring some balancing skills. I paid around 70GBP.
Not sure what the PC bundled PC software is like - but the Photo Editing package is in OS9 and a pain if you're on OSX.
9/10.