Wacom's Intuos3 A5 tablet is a wide one
posted October 29th 2005 11:00AM
It seems like widescreen or bust these
days, and Wacom is jumping into the fray with a
16:10 aspect ratio drawing tablet for better reflecting the on screen action you're getting with one those fancy new
monitors. With a 6 x 11-inch drawing area, according to Digit Online news, and an overall size of 8 x 11-inches
a bit larger than the drawing area, the Wacom Intuos3 A5 is sized for slipping into your laptop bag, ready at a
moment's notice for an airport-based Photoshop session or an improvised—yet fully buzzword compliant—sledding
apparatus. Wacom isn't bundling a mouse with this new Intuos, apparently nobody was really using them, but if that's
not a deal breaker for you, this snazzy widescreen tablet could be yours for £249.90—about $444US.
[Via TUAW]
Hey, I use my mouse! The pad area is huge, and it's super friction-free, what else do you need in a mouse?
"With a 6 x 11-inch drawing area and an overall size of 8 x 11-inches"
Are you sure about that last "11-inches" bit? It looks like the overall width is quite a bit more than the drawing area.
actually wide-screen is cheaper, because there are fewer pixels. Take for instance WXGA 1280x800 and compare that to a regular XGA 1280x1024.
Widescreen is just hyped up. People think the screen is wider, but it is in fact narrower.
is it just a typo, or did I just read "Photoshop session" and "$444" in one paragraph?
The mouse was very cheap and light, and only had 2 buttons (well, my one did, others might not have). It wasn't suitable for anything but basic programs- most people working with a graphics tablet these days want brilliant accuracy with mice as well as pens.
We all use wacom tablets where I work, I've used them quite a bit at home and in school but they're frustrating to calibrate to...drawing on the table but looking up at the monitor.
Then I found a Wacom Cintiq18sx (I think its 18sx) that no one was using and I became a very happy worker.
Compared to other tablets(and i have tried numerous brands), Wacom is top. All other tablets have battery requirements, horrible drivers that go back to the DOS days, and no compatability with Paint Shop Pro nor Photoshop(trust me on the PSP part). You get what you pay for with Wacom.
I actually just bought an intuos 3 6x8 about a month ago... And i use a dell 2005fpw. One of the few times that good news makes me cry with absolute sadness.
This could be really helpful for my soon to be dual monitor setup. I currently run 1280x1024 on a Sun 21" crt (has a sony fd trinitron tube) and am looking at picking a second one to make my photo editing faster