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I have one which I hate so much that my conscience won’t allow me to sell.
Hey, Janee.
So why do you hate it so much? Sheer vulgarity of size, or is there something empirically less functional about it than the smaller variants?
Have you tried both the versions (2 and 3)?
If you hate your 9×12 so much, you could always tell your conscience to just turn turn away for the time it takes for you to package it up, label it with my address, and pop it in the mailslot! 😉 Heck, I’d even be willing to bribe your conscience with cold hard cash!
Seriously, though – if you have one and do not use it, it does seem kind of tragic for it to be taking up shelf space, no? Not that I have a specific desire for the larger one, but I am interested in getting one second-hand, if it means I can avoid paying full retail for something that I’m not completely convinced of yet. If you reconsider, please let me know!
BD
My experience is almost the opposite of Janee’s. I have plenty of the big guys and love them. I have one of the 6×9’s and it never gets used, just sits on my wife’s computer for when I HAVE to do something on it. Amazing how personal preference comes into play with these things. Seems that it was Tacit, who narrowed the tablet-size useage situation down: if you draw with your fingers, you’ll like the smaller tablet, but if you draw with your arm, you’ll go for the bigger one. As I draw with my arm, it probably explains why I like the big ones. I’ve never tried the 18×18 (don’t even know if it’s still available), but even my 12×18 is a delight for ME to use.
Have you looked at Wacom’s Refurb. area? You are likely to see only "previous" models there, but all of the folk, that I know, who have bought these have never experienced a single problem and the price is really quite good. Also, beats wasting time on eBay.
I have NOT used the Intous 3, but have all other Wacom models since ArtZII, and love them. One complaint that I have had was that the mouse up to Intuous I didn’t feel right. My Intuous II mouse is still in the box, so I cannot comment on it. I keep my MS multi-button wheel mouse attached, and use both the tablet stylus and the MS mouse, depending on what it is, that I’m doing. I ought to get the II’s mouse out, and see if it’s better. In the old serial- port days, there were problems with a mouse and a tablet, but IIRC a driver fix handled that. I’ve had both since Win3 and no problems/conflicts.
Be warned – once you use a tablet, you will not be without it again.
Hunt