I need a Mac compatible photo scanner

Does anyone know a good scanner that is Mac compatible that I can scan old photos and have them come out good so I can store them in IPhoto. I can't seem to find one that isn't for Windows or a PC. I would really like to preserve my old photos in my computer.

Hi,
I just got the HP G4050 last week. It's scans Pics, 35mm slides and negatives. I have scanned 166 35mm slides and have imported them into iPhoto. So far It's words great. The only thing is that you need to download the MAC Leopard software from the HP site, and they don't tell you that in the instructions that come with the scanner.
http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF05a/15179-15179-64195-298148-3445112-3 236371.html?jumpid=ocR1002_USENC-001HP%20Scanjet%20G4050%20Photo%20Scanner&lang=en&cc=us

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