Wacom Intuos3 4 x 6-Inch Wide Format Pen Tablet (PTZ431W)
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Customer Review: Works wonderfully
Summary: 5 Stars
The tablet works just as well is its reputation suggests. Plug it into a windows or mac machine and pop the CD in, you'll have it working in minutes. It will even work in linux, albeit with a bit more work (But then what doesn't take just a bit more work in linux?).
The precision and sensitivity are great. If you're wondering about sizes: Don't bother with the bigger tablets unless you're completely sure you need one. If you're comfortable with making precise movements with the stylus, you really don't need a larger tablet. This one has all the same response and sensitivity as a big one, packed into a more convenient size.
Furthermore, Amazon has one of the best prices around on the tablet and it'll probably ship free. What's not to love?
Customer Review: Great Tablet for advanced user - very sensitive
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this tablet and its great. I do a lot of photoshop stuff at work and freelance work and its great. Very sensitive and responsive, this is very good if you work with detailed images/files. It does comes with a mouse but I never use it. You can also program the buttons on the tablet and the pen to whatever you want: right click, erase and even advanced stuff like opening photoshop or whatever programs, documents and special saved settings you make for it. Totally worth the money. Not good for a beginner though, the smooth surface and large stylus/pen makes it difficult to handle if you are not used to it. I would recommend the Wacom Bamboo for a beginner, the surface feels a little rough (like paper) and its a better transition from mouse to pen.Customer Review: Everything I needed.
Summary: 5 Stars
I did a lot of research before going with this tablet. I've always saved my money where I could so I could spend extra on the toys (er tools) that would in turn pay their own way. Thanks to a wonderful review online about the Intuos 4x6 vrs the 6x8, I went (against my nature) with the smaller version and have not regretted it. I am having a blast with Illustrator and Photoshop now and learning new techniques each time I play. I have no desire to upgrade to the larger pad and am very happy with this one and its fuctionality. I will be getting the extra pen tips soon, but have made myself promise to learn all the functions of this first. I haven't even set the quick set buttons yet. Actually I haven't even opened the instruction book yet... mmmmCustomer Review: Excellent tablet, but Win 7-64 bit compatability issue unresolved
Summary: 4 Stars
I've been very happy with the function of the tablet. Very responsive, and worth the expense. However, Win 7 won't load when I restart my computer with the tablet plugged in. The Wacom tech support crew has been politely flummoxed, and could only suggest I wait for a new driver release to resolve this previously unknown issue. In the process of my troubleshooting, I found numberous complaints from Win 7, 64-bit users about the drivers crashing or disappearing. So be prepared for the possibility.
I'd still buy this tablet again, even with the inconvenience of unplugging before each restart.
The mouse is slower and less accurate than my Logitech m215, but it still functions well and is comfortable.
Customer Review: not so good
Summary: 1 Stars
I bought this and tried it on my winXP PC and the mouse would not work with IE to select items unless I would enable active X and I don't normaly surf with active x enabled. The problem with the mouse is major to me since I use my mouse a lot on the internet and otherwise. The logitech mouse I have would not work at all when I had this tablet installed and with the tablet mouse being basically useless for me I feel that this is a major flaw. I have a wide screen monitor and the tablet did not work well with it, it would not reach all areas of the screen and would default back to the side of the screen every time I lifted the pen. I can do better using my logitec mouse thatn with this so I sent it back for a refund.