RE: FLASH: Tablet vs mouse

[Pete Grant]

> Ok - you have sold me. How much are we looking at for the most

> basic tablet

> on the market? What do you get if you shell out more on a tablet?


You can get a Wacom for both platforms. The HyperPen, though a USB product,

is PC only.


A couple of years ago I got a 4 x 5 Wacom for $99. It was small but good.


A couple of weeks ago I got a 8 x6 HyperPen for $99. The HyperPen comes with

a pen and a mouse to use on the tablet, but unlike the Wacom, each takes a

AAA battery. It works fine.


Both tablets have the feature of choosing an area of the screen to use for

the tablet. This is especially important to me, since I use 3 monitors. For

the Wacom, you may have to get that feature from their website.


I'm fortunate enough to be left-handed and right-moused, so I use the "soap

on a rope" a lot of the time, and the tablet when I'm being especially

creative.


Pete



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