Re: [IxDA Discuss] Tablet PC vs PC Wacom ?

2009-02-05 Thread Joshua Ayers
I use a HP Pavillion tx2000, which uses Wacom's penabled technology. It's a great laptop, and it allows you to draw right on the screen. I've also got an Wacom Intuos 8x6 hooked up to a 21 inch iMac, but I really prefer the portability and ease of use of the laptop. I also have a stand for it that

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Tablet PC vs PC+Wacom ?

2009-02-04 Thread Troy Gardner
I have all the approaches * Motion Computing slate tablet PC. which has a wacom. * a wacom tablet for a powerful but cheap Dell laptop as a primary workstation. * a 8.5x11 hardbound art pad. They are all different tools and I think it depends on what the goal is, they are by no means incompatib

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Tablet PC vs PC+Wacom ?

2009-02-04 Thread Michael Micheletti
Hi Pankaj, I have both an IBM X60 tablet laptop as well as a serious design workstation with a Wacom tablet. I've been using a Wacom tablet for years, and am very comfortable with it. I've never quite gotten used to the tablet laptop though. There's something about the way my hand shields the scre

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Tablet PC vs PC Wacom ?

2009-02-04 Thread Miles Dowsett
I've found a Wacom tablet and pen to be a great tool simply because you have 'pressure' control when drawing interface elements which you don't have with a mouse. Also, from a personal point of view, it has always been nice to use both; I'm left handed so I draw with my left hand with the pen, and

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Tablet PC vs PC Wacom ?

2009-02-03 Thread Dave Malouf
If you go the wacom route then make sure the monitors are Cintiq's and not a standard tablet. You have to be able to act directly on the monitor and not on a separate tablet pad. The difference is tremendous. But if your team is fairly mobile, or you want to give flexibility to team, then the tab

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Tablet PC vs PC Wacom ?

2009-02-03 Thread Krystal Higgins
I think the biggest factor is whether your team will be more desk-centric (ie cubicles) or mobile when they do their design work. I use a tablet pretty exclusively at work, because I mostly do design when at my desk. The reasoning: 1) A separate tablet is easy to place in an ergonomic positio

[IxDA Discuss] Tablet PC vs PC+Wacom ?

2009-02-03 Thread Pankaj Chawla
Hi, I am trying to equip my design team with work toys and was wondering if anybody has strong opinions or experience while working with a touchscreen based tablet PC vs a regular PC/laptop with digital Tablet (Wacom etc.) Here is the link to the tablet PC that I have in mind http://www.dell.com/t