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[W.I.B]

hey everyone,

I was just wondering if any of you had a tablet/convertible laptop? Does anyone recommend buying one? Does anyone not recommend buying one? Anyone have bad or good experience with any specific brand? I was looking at the gateway convertible laptop.

Any advice would be great.

Thanks

[Dance]

Ever used a tablet? I meen if you want a tablet pc for graphics work myself i wouldnt say no to a Wacom Cintiq

http://www.wacom-europe.com/int/products/c...dex.asp?lang=en

Problem is that quality tablet pcs are expensive, realy god damn expencive.

[rc69]

Ya, they are definately expensive. But i got myself a Gateway CX210 (or something like that), and for the most part i love it. The pen can be a little wierd though.

When i first got it, the top part of windows, when maximized (where the close/minimize buttons are), were unreachable with the pen. But i had the 1 year on-site warrenty, so they got that fixed in the time it took to order a new monitor.
The new monitor doesn't seem quite as 100% as the other one was though. Before the pen was perfectly accurate, could write perfectly with it at all. Now, it's just a little scetchy, about a 1 px bounch even when holding the pen still. Doesn't bug me, personally, but you might be different.

[W.I.B]

Yeah, I have used a graphics tablet. I have a wacom 9x12, I think that's the size, for my desk top, but I was looking for a laptop so I can continue to work on stuff "on the go".

rc69: Does the gateway have any type of pressure sensitivity? I know this is probably a stupid question, seeing what forum im posting in, but have you used it in Photoshop or any other graphics programs? If so how does it perform?

Dance: SWEET JESUS!! 2700 dollars. You are right, very expensive.

[rc69]

I do use photoshop, but not on the level in which i need pressure sensitivity. In just using it though, i would have to go with a no, i believe it does not have presure sesitivity.

[W.I.B]

I would be useing the tablet functionality for drawing in graphics programs. Other than the 1 px bounch is it pretty accurate, is there any lag when drawing with it?

Thanks for all the help

[rc69]

Some times it takes a second to wake up to the use of the pen if you've been using the touch pad (or nothing) for a while. But for drawing you won't have to worry about sitting for a while, so you should never notice it. When you're actually using the pen, it's just like using a mouse or the touch pad, so you don't have to worry about drawing something then waiting for it to register.
It will sometimes register about 30 px off though. Like, when you first put the pen next to the screen (at any time, normally after not using for a while like with the wake up), your pen will be in one spot and the cursor will be off to the right. But again, that could just be my monitor, i don't remember the old one doing that, simply moving the pen away from the screen and putting it back fixs it. So if you do get one, get the parts/labor/on-site warranty, it might pay off