Anyone recommend a good graphics tablet?
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| Has anyone any experience of the following graphics tablets, I am considering buying one as a birthday present, ideally the budget is less than a hundred pounds. Or indeed if anyone could recommend a brand of a graphics tablet I'd appreciate it..... Aiptek Vista 600U Slim Tablet Aiptek Media Tablet 10000U 9" x 5.5" with Corel Draw Essential 3 Wacom Bamboo Graphic Tablet MTE-450 If anyone has any experience of tablets in this price bracket I would greatly appreciate any advice, thanks in advance - BP. |
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| Hands down, go with the Wacom. To be honest, I don't have any knowledge of the other tablets, but I know Wacom well. As far as I am concerned it is the only one worth considering. I've never really seen positive comments about anything non-Wacom. |
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| My brother recommends the Wacom Bamboo |
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| thanks folks, wacom it is then..... |
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| The only choice is wacom ive used lots of other tablets and they are all bad in one way or another and wacom is always supported. |
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| I have, Aiptek Media Tablet 14000U and a Wacom Graphire 4, I bought the Aiptek for using with my laptop, I will never buy Wacom again. These are every bit as good but without the highprice tag. Works smooth as silk. Cost me about £90, same model, same spec, Wacom is over £400. |
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| The Aiptek does look very good. What are they like for spare tips etc |
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| Wacom all the way. Precise and it simply WORKS! I would definately spend more cash on it. And don't forget, they usually come with nice software. |
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| My Aiptek came with three spare tips(I am on my second but there's still plenty wear on the original), the packaging(Case within a case) and the overall quality was great. Pressure sensitivity is quite accurate as is the resolution. The pen takes a small battery which I am still using a year later, which is quite a pleasant surprise. If I had to criticise is, I would have liked a longer usb lead ans I had a little trouble getting the spinning dials working with Illustrator but overall its a pleasure to use and at this price, your not worried about dropping it! :P |
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| Had my wacom for 5 years, great thing. I've bashed it about, coffee etc, great stuff. |
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| One rule when buying a graphics tablet: get a Wacom. |
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| I use a large Wacom Intuos and a smaller Wacom Bamboo. I would say go with the Bamboo, it will be more than enough for what you need and it is a good price too. Great little tablet. Also works well with Vista. Jason. |
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| Hmm, sounds like both the aiptek and the bamboo get good reports. |
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| Wacom. |
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| My Aiptek came with three spare tips(I am on my second but there's still plenty wear on the original), the packaging(Case within a case) and the overall quality was great. Pressure sensitivity is quite accurate as is the resolution. The pen takes a small battery which I am still using a year later, which is quite a pleasant surprise. If I had to criticise is, I would have liked a longer usb lead ans I had a little trouble getting the spinning dials working with Illustrator but overall its a pleasure to use and at this price, your not worried about dropping it! :P Cheers, Ian Thompson A wacom pen doesn't need a battery, so it is very lite. They have several other tools like airbrushes and stuff like that. So far and within 4 yrs I never had to exchange the tip and it doesn't look like it will have to be. Very stable. |
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| And before I forget, the driver support on Windows and OSX is great too. |
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| i suggest Wacom Bamboo. its inexpensive, high quality, and I have it so i dont really see why not to buy it. :) |
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| I have a Wacom Bamboo, and it's excellent. I would definitely suggest it. |
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| Wacom all the way. I've had my wacom tablet for 15 years now. Unfortunately being a serial one and no longer supported it only works on XP. I'd not use anything but a Wacom, if like me you can't afford the high prices, there are bargains to be had on ebay and craigslist. Intuos 3 has pressure, tilt and twist. I'll be grabbing a 6x8 soon. |
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| Here is a link to get a the watcom tablet for $45. http://slickdeals.net/permadeal/19447/Wacom-Bamboo-Digitizing-Pen-Tablet-with-Pen-45 Jason |
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| AdrianT: What you'd be wanting is one of these:  Voila! 15yr old Wacom lurve again! (unless you'd like an excuse to get a shiny new one, in which case ignore me ;o) ) |
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| The Wacom Intuos 4 has been released during the past couple of days - features OLED displays for the keys and a wheel rather than a touch strip. The wheel should be perfect for using CS4's rotate canvas feature. |
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| intuos are cool.I had my graphire for about 6 years too |
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| Wacom works on other OSs too. |
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| Any one own/use something like a Wacom PL-900 LCD tablet as I'm looking at buying something like this in a few months. |
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| I've had my wacom tablet for 15 years now. What the... 15 YEARS?! Wow, you've got my interest; what's IN that thing??? |
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