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neoburner · junior member Member # Joined: 07 Oct 2002 Posts: 7

i'm aware there have been numorous topics relating to wacom tablets and i have not found answers to some of my questions ... the search wasn't as useful as i hoped it would be.

some questions before i purchase a wacom tablet. i've been searching through ebay and i see that there are wacom's called ARTZ II and DIGITIZERs. Wacom's officials website does not have these 2 products losted in their products list... would these 2 tablets work just as well as the intuos...

i was planning on getting an intuos 6X8 instead of a graphire...

[Shizo] · member Member # Joined: 22 Oct 1999 Posts: 3938

ARTZ is the older model, thats why you can't find it on WACOM website.

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xheadinthecloudx · Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2002 4:04 pm

If you can afford it, definitely get the intuos. even a small intuos is better than a graphire. of course, i also think the aiptek hyper pen is pretty good, considering the price.

as far as those 2 products...I think they're fairly old- heck, they only come in serial and adb as near as i can tell. i'd say save yourself the trouble and avoid them

Soak · Posted: Sun Oct 13, 2002 1:57 am

i think the aiptek boards are with 0,45 pen accuracy not very precise

HawkOne · Posted: Sun Oct 13, 2002 9:59 pm

If you're looking for accuracy then Calcomp is the king of the hill.

Calcomp Drawingboard III H2 : 0.05mm
Calcomp Drawingboard III H1 : 0.13mm
Calcomp Drawingboard III : 0.25mm
Wacom Intuos2 : 0.25mm
Aiptek Hyperpen : 0.42mm
Wacom Graphire2 : 0.51mm

However, unless you use your tablet to do technical drafting where half- and quarter-millimeters matters, and pressure sensitivity does not, this difference in accuracy between the tablets actually matters very little, if at all.

[ October 13, 2002: Message edited by: HawkOne ]

AliasMoze · Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2002 1:45 am

I use a 6x8 Intuos, and it's great. One huge difference in the older models is the pressure depth. I had an old Calcomp that had 256 levels of pressure. I think the Intuos has 1024 (is that right?) At any rate, you can really feel the difference. Go with Intuos. It's the norm. It works.

neoburner · junior member Member # Joined: 07 Oct 2002 Posts: 7

intuos 2 not intuos the first edition??

would there be any difference

[Shizo] · member Member # Joined: 22 Oct 1999 Posts: 3938

The biggest difference will be the price. And also color. The rest isnt much improved, unless someone knows more than i do about it.