Nikon Super CoolScan 5000

If you are ever in the market for a film/slide scanner you'll find that the Nikon Super Coolscan 5000 is reviewed over and over again as being the best deal it's it's price category. Many reviewers wax poetic about it being speedy and reliable with well written software. My question is in relation to what?!

Here's the real deal:

-These scanners are slow. It often takes more than 2 minutes to scan most slides. (If you do processing on images, the scan times increases over the stated time also the the time it takes to focus and calibrate is not counted in he manufacturers scan time).

-The software (at least on OS X) is buggy and crashes often. There is no support email for bug reports.

-The software is a processor hog and ties up the computer.

-The software doesn't follow OS X HI standards.

-The software is unthreaded which means that it can't do 2 things at once.

-The Digital ICE part of the package is not explained thoroughly.

-There are plenty of options to control image quality, but not enough to control how the image is saved and at what resolution.

-There aren't nearly enough pre-canned settings for common situations.

-The sliders are often so fine grained that a slight motion can have a huge effect.

-The automatic feed attachment (Nikon SF-210) basically doesn't work with old slides that that have bent mounts or curved edges. This means that it's hard to just load 50 slides and just walk away.

The ultimate question I suppose is, would I buy this scanner if I had to do it over again. I'm not sure if I would