General Scanning Question

Not sure this belongs in the Apple forums - don't see a forum here this fits.
I have an older Umax Astra 6450 FW scanner. Seems to do an adequate job, but have noticed from time to time I have to remove the glass bed and clean it. Some how a 'haze' develops on the under side of the glass. Also, I wonder about it's speed when I want a high res photo scan. It's been a while but memory says it can take a minute or longer. Does the cpu have bearing on scan speed? I have pretty much only used Vuescan as my software.
I'm intending to put it (or another scanner) through some grueling paces soon, I would like to scan decades worth of old photos. I hesitate to guess how many, but could be 1000.
Pointers, tips, suggestions .... maybe there's another forum somewhere I should try this?
Thank you

a brody wrote:
It only supports Mac OS 9 which won't run on a MacBook Pro, and Windows XP, which will during Boot Camp. If you are going to make thousands of scans, you would do well to find a compatible feeder scanner, if you can find one that keeps the photos flat. Epson makes a few that might work.
Pardon me, but I don't know what 'It' are you referring to? It - the scanner and It - the software (Vuescan) work fine on my MBP 10.5.6
Please, I did a quick google search of 'feeder scanner' and didn't learn much. Could you expound a bit on why you suggest the feeder type? Is it a speed issue, quality issue??
Thank you for the reply.
I just did a sample scan at 300 dpi and it took about 20 - 30 seconds (got distracted as it finished).

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