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[ViperStrike]

hey all,
I was wondering what you guys think of wacoms? I like the idea, but they are fairly expensive, even with an educational discount. Does anyone here have one? if so what model, and is/was it worth the cost?

[Spooky]

Could you possibly provide a link to what you are talking about?

[ViperStrike]

Your wish...my command...

Wacoms

[Spooky]

Ohhhhhh those things . My dentist has one and he let me play on it. It is actually very cool, I love the touch screen capabilities .

[ViperStrike]

ya, they look neat, im just tryin to find out if they are worth it or not...in not exactly made of money here...spent quite a bit on photoshop and dreamweaver suite

[Spooky]

I would say it is if you are going to be doing a lot of touch screen stuff. You can't really type or anything when its closed so it is really lame.

[ViperStrike]

Closed? how so? all the pictures ive seen of em are tablets, and itd be kinda hard to close them, being solid and all

[Spooky]

I guess we aren't talkin about the same thing then :-p. My dentist had this laptop thing that basically had a touch screen on one side incase you wanted to do mouse work. :-p

[ThaBirdman]

yea guys...the touch screen ones are like....$5000....you can get one of the lesser Wacom tablets for like...$200...they are REALLY usefull if you do any sort of art that goes beyond stamping and 3d rendering...ur dentist probably has one of those laptops with a swivel screen for like...note taking...my dad (a cardiologist) has one of those in his office that he uses...they are really cool and definitely worth the price...but i would check out e-bay before anything else...much cheaper

[adam123]

Wacom tablets are excellent, I managed to find a second hand one worth £300 for only 40, working with no faults.

[syntex]

did u buy it adam??

[Apache]

lol i think we call em tablet pc's over here, ive seen them being used for client 1-on-1 presentations

[adam123]

syntex, on Apr 12 2005, 08:42 AM, said:

did u buy it adam??

You mean the wacom tablet in the picture? Yeah, I've got an A4 version, but I didn't buy it from Wacom.

[ViperStrike]

Sounds good...im gona look around a bit more before i actually spend any of my 'hard earned' money...thanks for your advice

[Jaymz]

I've been looking into one, it'd make my life easier but I'm not sure if I'd be willing to spend that kind of money...

[Jamie Huskisson]

who needs to be organised when its more much funny screaming at the pc going WHY DIDNT YOU TELL ME THAT THERE WAS A BUG THERE at the last minute?

seems silly if u ask me

[Donna]

I have a wacom I obtained in a silent auction as only one other person in town really knew what it was so I got it at a bargain price

Don't use it much but they are worth having, EBay does some good deals on them.

[adam123]

I don't really use mine that much either, but it makes life a lot easier when I do.

[SHIVMOO]

if i could find it.. i have a computer graphics tablet 2... its not a wacom "cries in the corner"..
i have never used it as it disapeared into my brothers room... but i had a look recently... (wish i hadnt... nasty nasty... )
oh well....