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Sat Mar 10, 2007 4:33 am   Reply with quote         

My mouse died after much use, and abuse, by me so I changed to a tablet/pen combo. I have a Wacom Volito2 which is great for PsC because you have finer control. Don't know about the other sort, but i'll stick to my Wacom.
Don't know if this helps or not, but there you are.

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Sat Mar 10, 2007 5:12 am   Reply with quote         

Wacom Intuos series is the way to go, I recommend either the A4 one for widescreen monitors, or the A4 Oversize if you have a large (19inch and over) screen.

but if your budget doesn't stretch to £300 - £500 ($500 - $750) price tags, then the A5 and A6 models are perfectly compitent

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Sat Mar 10, 2007 5:39 am   Reply with quote         

go cintiq... if you got the money

Anyway, been using a tablet over 2 years now.. couldn't live without it. I actually don't use a mouse anymore (even not the one provided with the tablet) or it should be for some games (which don't always support the pen)

Sat Mar 10, 2007 5:41 am   Reply with quote         

I was gonna mention the cintiq, but guess the buget wasn't that huge

Sat Mar 10, 2007 6:30 am   Reply with quote         

HAve trackball will chop...the only tablets I use make me feel reeeeeeal Gooooooooooooood

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Sat Mar 10, 2007 6:33 am   Reply with quote         

pfff... ball mouse it the way to go... no fancy laser/tablet

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Sat Mar 10, 2007 9:08 am   Reply with quote         

marcoballistic wrote:

Wacom Intuos series is the way to go, I recommend either the A4 one for widescreen monitors, or the A4 Oversize if you have a large (19inch and over) screen.

A good thing to consider. I'll be using dual monitors. So it'll be like using a widescreen 24inch.

Sat Mar 10, 2007 2:26 pm   Reply with quote         

marcoballistic wrote:

Wacom Intuos series is the way to go, I recommend either the A4 one for widescreen monitors, or the A4 Oversize if you have a large (19inch and over) screen.

but if your budget doesn't stretch to £300 - £500 ($500 - $750) price tags, then the A5 and A6 models are perfectly compitent

A lot of people (myself included) get along with the A6 tablet a LOT better than the larger ones as then you only need to make small movements with your gripping fingers rather than using the wrist and arm.,,it's handy coz the a6 tablets are a lot cheaper.

I have a mark one Intuos and it's still perfect. The budget Wacom Graphires/Volito's have exactly the same specifications as the original Intuos series..so by that token I would comfortably recommend the budget line.

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Tue Mar 13, 2007 4:42 am   Reply with quote         

oh the times I have needed to do a quick job on my laptop whist driving, life saver, I'm getting one of those

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