Wacom Bamboo MTE450KEN Pen Tablet
£52.14
Great piece of kit! - I have been doing more and more design work on the PC and decided that a graphics tablet would help no end. I used to own a cheap one previously but it was not great and things have moved on.After much searching and reading reviews I settled on the Bamboo. I have to admit I was sceptical as to the quality & performance given the next nearest tablet in the Wacom range was well over £150, but I need not have worried.Setup/installation was a breeze (XP), the introductory lessons helpful, and the look and feel of the tablet itself very nice.Having had it for 2 days, it has almost replaced my mouse completely. Granted I am still getting used to it, there is most definitely a learning curve, but already I ve got all the clicking/dragging/scrolling down to (nearly) a fine art.I have not used the buttons much, I guess I would have preferred some that were obviously supposed to be activated by the pen rather than the finger. The same goes for the scroll pad thing. It does work but a pen activated pad would have been more use in my opinion. That said I find that scrolling using the pen button very easy so dont see myself ever using the scroll pad in future anyway.Ive not had problems with any software so far. Its great for graphics work in PaintShop Pro X despite not being a huge area, and I have no issues with its pressure sensitivity being too, or not sensitive enough.For me the pen is a good size and weight (much the same as the pen I write with), and the button is well positioned for thumb operation.All in all I have to give it a 5 because I dont feel I can knock stars off because it has features I dont much use.The only negative thing I can say (and it s early days yet) is that your work space will take some organising to get it located just right. I m seriously considering investing in a keyboard without numeric pad so I can bring the tablet into a better position beside the keyboard and thus reduce the stretch required. With a mouse you can just shuffle the cursor across but with a tablet (any tablet) you have to be able to comfortably reach to its far edge.As I say, a great bit of kit!
Great Tablet for Vista - first off, note this tablet has an A5 sized work area, but maps itself to the screen you have (I m using it on a 27 and its more than fine).It has 4 customizable buttons, for ease of use I ve set mine to load Firefox, MSN Mesenger, Back and Forward buttons for Web / Folder navigation.You can pretty much map the buttons to what you want, even a series of keystrokes!This tablet works with both XP and Vista.For Vista, it s fantastic.for XP, its good.Vista gives a lot more options for use, such as holding down the pen to simulate a double-click, handwriting recognition, quick flicks of the pen for scroll up / down and Back / Forward etc.for XP, it s a standard tablet without the above features.the pen works without batteries, which is a big plus.hovering the pen around 1/2cm above the tablet enables you to move the curor around, tapping the tablet is the equivalent of a mouse click.Its a little weird to being with, but after about 30 minutes getting used to it, I ve found its much quicker (and feels more natural) than using a mouse, Both at work and at home my mouse is now pretty muich redundant!for art/animation, everything from doodling in Paint to full-on Flash production, this pen is so simple and precise to use.Simple to install, easy to use, much more precise than using a mouse, this tablet is such good value for money it s unreal. 5 stars.
A revelation for photo editing - I ve using photoshop type programs for years and the high cost of quality tablets put me off buying one until now. Some reviews I read about this product slated it, but I bought one anyway and I m so glad I did! This thing is amazing once you get used to it. Making selections, dodging and burning etc in Photoshop is so much easier and accurate with this. I haven t used my mouse since I got this a couple months ago. Highly recommended and amazing value for money!
Wacom, Great for PC not MAC - despite wacom Saying that you can use this product on a mac. you can only use it with a program that come with OS X called ink. as the included software is only good for windows as there is not the interest for wacom to develop the software for macs (despite selling it in apple shops and doing seminars on there products. I had High hopes for this product but it only scrapes 3 stars as it fails on the handwriting recognition for macs. COME ON PLEASE SUPPORT US MACS
Works well with Photoshop - I have never used a tablet before, and thanks to your reviews decided on this one. I ordered it yesterday afternoon, and it arrived (first class) this morning - excellent service. I have used it all day and find it very useful alongside my mouse. I am cutting round objects in Photoshop to place on backgrounds and it is definitely easier than a mouse. In fact, I have hardly used the mouse as, whilst the pen is in my hands, it will do most mouse jobs. I am certainly impressed with this and feel it is well worth the money. The comments regarding the comfort of the pen I don t understand. I have small hands and don t have a problem with it. I think it appears well balanced and easy to use.