Which scanner, Epson V500 or Canon CS8800F?

Thanks to all of the fine people on this forum, I have now narrowed my choice of scanners to one of two.
I have had my MacPro tower dual quad 8 for about two weeks. I have been a PC'er for more years than I care to think, but have now decided to concentrate on my photography and writing.
I want to scan in photos, and occasionally use OCR so I may scan in text (this might include scanning in documents that include text and graphics). I may want to scan slides, although I haven't done this before. With this in mind, and one other concern, the distance from my CPU to the scanner which will require 16' of USB 2.0 cable, and I read someplace that some scanners don't work if the USB cable is too long.
I have looked at both of the above scanners (Epson V500 and Canon CS8800F) and they seem to be similar, and am in a quandary about which way to go. Are there any of you out there that had the same problem, but were able to make a decision based on a particular, or group of things that made the decision easier?
I am running Leopard, but will upgrade to Snow Leopard when it comes out this September, would this be an issue with either one of these scanners?
Needless to say, and comments, suggestions and/or direction is greatly appreciated.

I just bought one this week but have not used it yet.
I researched on Amazon. I filtered the user reviews for Mac and obtained 31. Almost all reviews give high marks to the CS8800F.
There is a comprehensive review by T Meerloo "tmpix" (review #4 after filtering) dated 13 Apr 2008. Another good one by William Hatting "tech junki" (review #22) dated 2 Aug 2008.
Waldemar C Weber's comments dated 18 Sep 2008 (review #6) explains that there are 3 approaches to controlling scanner: via button on unit itself, using MP Navigator XP, and using Arcsoft Photostudio.
Annette M Fillion "annette" (review #29) explains 17 Aug 2009 that 2 or 3 extra steps are required to pass control from Photoshop to iPhoto.
Itsmeagain! (review #24) alerts us that scanner glass is made of optical grade plastic and that ammonia-based glass cleaner may damage it. The person searched on internet "cleaning scanner glass" for proper instructions.
I will report back after I actually used the unit.

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