There once was a day when I was reluctant to pay for software applications. Not any more, there are some good ones out there that I use and value:

1Password

PDFpenPro

PDF Shrink

DevonTHINK Pro Office

I have been happily using a Fujitsu ScanSnap S1500M and also a iX500 with ScanSnap Manager and DEVONthink Pro Office on Mac OSX, as I try to de-paper home and office. I recently bought a fi-7160, thinking it would be nice to go from 25 ppm to 60 ppm (premium for the 80 ppm of the fi-7180 was still a little high).

Issue is that Fujitsu does not have OSX drivers for the fi series of scanners. fScanX and VueScan support the fi scanners in OSX, but functionality of these is limited compared to what you get with (the OSX version of) ScanSnap Manager. So I decided to set up document capture for the fi-7160 with the Fujitsu software in a Windows 7 VM in Parallels.

First trick is that you need to copy the contents of the install disc to the local drive in the VM, otherwise you get path errors that prevent the installers from running.

Second, the install takes a lot of room, so you may need to quit the VM, go to Configure, and increase the size of the VM hard drive.