I have a Wacom Graphire (first generation). It has served me great. I''m broke and in university now, but when I''m back out working this summer, I may try and get one of those 9x12 intuous 2s. They look really awsome. I find the graphire a bit to small, but it has worked pretty well for me so far. I''ve had it for about 3 years now. The first problem I''ve had with it so far was that in photoshop, it doesn''t want to pick up the pressure sensitivity, although the pressure sensitivty works in there configuration app, so I really don''t think that it''s the tablet. Still, I''m not sure if the problem is with my tablet, photoshop, or my own stupidity, so it''s not a mark against wacom. BTW, I kinda beat the shit out of it and it still works. It has taken alot of abuse and, up until today, has worked flawlessly.

quote: Original post by Modena_au
I have a Wacom Graphire (first generation). It has served me great. I''m broke and in university now, but when I''m back out working this summer, I may try and get one of those 9x12 intuous 2s. They look really awsome. I find the graphire a bit to small, but it has worked pretty well for me so far. I''ve had it for about 3 years now. The first problem I''ve had with it so far was that in photoshop, it doesn''t want to pick up the pressure sensitivity, although the pressure sensitivty works in there configuration app, so I really don''t think that it''s the tablet. Still, I''m not sure if the problem is with my tablet, photoshop, or my own stupidity, so it''s not a mark against wacom. BTW, I kinda beat the shit out of it and it still works. It has taken alot of abuse and, up until today, has worked flawlessly.

Hey, the Graphire 2 has been out for some time. There is NO other consumer level Tablet worth getting, beleive me. It is PERFECT, and the software lets you customise it for EVERY app you have, letting you set its 2 buttons, pressure tip and pressure eraser to do anything within any program, including making your own pop-up menu that appears when you click a button on the pen (that you set) with a list of commands you put in that do things within that program, so all your programs can work the same (I put all the basic features in, like Pen, Paint Bucket, Brush, etc for each program)

The pen is cordless, batteryless, and light as a feather, and still amazingly has pressure sensitivity on both the tip and the eraser and also has 2 function buttons under your thumb.
I love how any point on the tablet equates to the exact same position on the screen, so you''re not rakeing the thing along like you do with the mouse (but you can set it to behave like a mouse if you want), and also you hover above the tablet to move the cursor, and press down to click or draw. Its so logical.