Need help regarding Tablets

Doomsday

Doomsday

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I wanna buy a Tablet. However I don't have -much- money, so my choices basically boil down to these two models:

Trust Wide Screen Design Tablet TB-7300 - Pretty big. Pretty cheap.

WACOM Bamboo Fun - Slightly pricier, was recommended by a friend, it's WACOM so it's reliable. I can only find it in A5 though (I guess that's pretty small)

Those were the main two tablets I was thinking of buying. Trust's biggest con is that it's just not WACOM, I'm not sure if I can trust (pun unintended) that? Bamboo Fun is pretty small and I read in the website description it is mainly used for photo re-touching and what I really want to do is draw. I'm sure I can utilize it to draw as well, but if I'm buying a tablet i want to buy something that I will be able to use for a looong time.

Another tablet I'd love to buy (but simply don't have enough cash for) was the WACOM Intuos3 (A4) which is big enough and seems really professional however it's very pricey. :(

I am looking for more suggestions as well as advice regarding my buy. Like, is having a big tablet important? Is the Trust tablet reliable?
As for money I have around 200 euros to spend on this, if you could recommend based on this it'd be fantastic but not really necessary!

Thanks in advance!
 
I know that wacom is pretty reliable, and the fun tablet is good for non-professionals if you know what I mean. I know someone who has one of the medium ones and I can't find anything significantly wrong with it. and just get it from the website.
 
Doomsday said:
I am looking for more suggestions as well as advice regarding my buy. Like, is having a big tablet important?
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Dude, go for the WACOM. Ignore what foibles is saying, I'm assuming he has no idea what he's talking about. Tablet size doesn't matter in th slightest way. I have the bamboo fun myself and I do just fine. What people don't seem to understand is that in photoshop and other art program the window scrolls regardless of the tablet size. (meaning a small tablet can do just as big of art as a big one) All that big tablets have over small ones is getting more wrist pain. =P Larger tablets are more made for real life painters and such. No offense, but that other thing looks cheap to me. >.>

foibles said:
I know that wacom is pretty reliable, and the fun tablet is good for non-professionals if you know what I mean. I know someone who has one of the medium ones and I can't find anything significantly wrong with it. and just get it from the website.
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No I don't know what you mean, please elaborate.
 
Sort of beating a dead horse, but I can confirm that the WACOM one is the way to go. My sister uses that exact model for her tablet needs (the smaller one, that is), and it works great.

/my $0.02
 
I'm almost certain you can buy a small intuos 3 with 200 EUR (at least in the US you can)

Size doesn't really matter THAT much really... you'll get used to smaller sizes.

However there are a lot of cheap alternatives for tablets (they're like 50 dollars normally) that aren't wacom, and considering wacom or not you're going to get used to it anyway. The biggest downside to the non wacom tablets is that the pens tend to be... bulky and they're all battery powered.

But in the end, if you want something that is reliable, you'll have to go for Wacom :P
 
Size isn't that important, but bigger is nicer- it's just not essential, by any stretch of the mind.

I have a Wacom Intuos3 and love it to death. So much better than my old Graphire. Go for what you can afford, though; lower quality tablet does not automatically equate to lower quality work.
 
Since size isn't that important, I think I'll go for a Intuos3 A5. Slightly pricier that the Bamboo, but it simply seems to me to be more reliable. I hope this works out!
 
Eh, trust is good too.
I have a trust and a wacom, I love both, but I use my trust more, why?
Because I want my wacom to stay shiny xD.

I am just saying, both are good brands.
 
I've been using Wacom for a while, and it's been nice. nothing wrong and really pretty intuitive.

I'm unsure about the fun model though, as I have just the regular bamboo. My industrial design major friend has a bamboo as well, and it's been working well for him as well.

bamboo vote +1
 
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