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Grphics Tablets
been to 2 computor shops in the past week and neither of them had a graphics tablet to sell !
A bit surprising as surely a lot of people are getting into photoshop and you cant really do that with just your mouse . Went on line to check out Staples, could nt see any there Went on line to Maplins, they seem to have a few.... not cheap... starting in the £40's Looks like Ill have to get along to Maplins |
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Sorry but £40 is very cheap for a tablet, and will in all likelihood be crap. I have 4 in work and they were between £500 & £800 and they're not even considered to be really expensive. You go go up to 3k or so for a tablet.
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you are talking about live tablets that let you create an image on them... used by serious artists
advertising firms etc Im not in that league I saw this on line at Maplins ( sounds like a holiday camp ) Free delivery Intuos Pen & Touch Small Tablet - Creative Pen with Pressure Sense & Multi Touch 8.3" x7 " Code: N64DC £59.99 Think Ill take a chance !..... HOPE it works with XP ! |
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Wacom are veterans in this market - search for Wacom tablet in Amazon and have a browse - usually receive decent customer feedback.
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Wrong type of Tablet, this should really be in the PC & Mac Hardware and Software section.
![]() But as been said, Wacom have been in the game for many years, a friend of mine uses a Wacom tablet as she is a graphic designer, it is a big larger and more expensive by about £350 than the one the OP is buying. It is Maplin, without the s. |
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I think you ll find that Intuous are part of the Wacon stable .
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So you re saying that ...." I bought my tablet at Maplins....."
is grammatically incorrect ? |
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I've got a large Intous 5 and was thinking of upgrading to a Cintiq which is the Wacom tablet with an interactive screen. But then I thought, I've already got an iPad can't I just use this as a second monitor for my mac, show photoshop on it and just buy an interactive pen. Guess what, there's apps that let you do just that. There's probably one that lets you do that with Windows products.
The OP seems to be happy with a small Wacom Intuos which, OP, does have driver for Windows XP. http://www.wacom.com/en-us/support/p...upport/drivers |
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I think you ll find that Intuous are part of the Wacon stable .
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So you re saying that ...." I bought my tablet at Maplins....."
is grammatically incorrect ? ![]() Maplins is a fictional holiday camp. |
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ordered it wed .... got it today friday !
30 days to try it out .... full refund if I take it back to a Maplins shop Not a bad deal Feels good using it with photoshop,,,, but why is the stylus seperate ? and black .... so easy to misplace First thing I did was sellotape string to the stylus then tie the string to the tablet |
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ordered it wed .... got it today friday !
30 days to try it out .... full refund if I take it back to a Maplins shop Not a bad deal Feels good using it with photoshop,,,, but why is the stylus seperate ? and black .... so easy to misplace First thing I did was sellotape string to the stylus then tie the string to the tablet Gone past the days where tablets pens had to be attached, thank goodness. You should love using it once you get used to it, my friend is going to get another one so she do not have to move it from one computer to the other. |
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First thing I did was sellotape string to the stylus then tie the string to
the tablet .
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Yes, not that I have room to talk
![]() Maplins is a fictional holiday camp. Maplins is still good today, if you're in a hurry, or to pick up some heavily discounted clearance items. |
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But Maplins is what most people call their high-street stores, even those of us who remember the days of their mail-order catalogue with the futuristic space scenes on the cover (they were pretty damn good).
Maplins is still good today, if you're in a hurry, or to pick up some heavily discounted clearance items. Maplin reminds me a bit of Tandy. |
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I bought a cordless mouse - loved the freedom but kept misplacing it. I now tie it to pc with a piece of string
.In my case the stylus is black, so easily lost among the bedsheets.... as I surf from my bed ..... via a 36" LCD TV The stylus is now attached to the tablet by string so it will never get lost . |
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Does nt that defeat the object of buying a cordless mouse ?.
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