-=PCTechTalk=- Re: wacom products

  • From: "kg6ocz" <kg6ocz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2003 14:32:20 -0700

I do have XP...so maybe that will be a benefit..I just had to get another
computer so that's what came on it..glad to know about theWacom... I saw one
listed somewhere for $73.?? Can't remember where tho. Guess I need to do a
searcgh again and find out.

Thanks
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Judith" <jtb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2003 12:43 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: wacom products


> I use the Wacom Graphire Tablet which is the smallest they have
> but when I am in PaintShopPro, PhotoShop or Serif Draw Program,
> I AM not limited to it's size.  Once you get the hang of a
> tablet and stylus, a mouse feels clunky.  Don't even use the
> mouse which comes with the Graphire.
>
> Although I do find my Wacom works best on my Gateway laptop
> with Windows XP Home edition rather than my HP desktop with
> Windows 98 even though both now have 512 MB of RAM.  Must be
> something to do with a driver problem or configuring the tablet
> that I haven't figured out yet.
>
> It's USB so I can move my tablet from one to the other easily.
> The biggest thing for me was getting used to the hand eye
> coordination and how I helped myself with this was using the
> Solitaire Game.
>
> I used that game when learning the mouse.  I started on
> computers when all you used was the keyboard and the mouse
> seemed like a toy until a prior "boss" made me sit for 4
> straight hours using the mouse (grin).  Now I'm glad she did.
>
> Now I am able to draw or paint in the above programs as if I
> actually had a paintbrush in my hands.  This is so totally
> freeing and awesome.  It means I can produce art and not have
> to buy supplies.  Do I love computers -- Yup, big time!
>
> Judith
>
>
> Mary Lou,
>
> . Soenthing that doesn't use the curser
> INSIDE
> > the computer..it's too hard to control. I need something I
> can hold on
> > to..Any ideas? I have checked out several places on line that
> carry this
> > product but I need a first hand description of what it can
> do..
> >            Mary Lou
>
>
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