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From: kehr@felix.UUCP (Shirley Kehr)
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Subject: Re: Graphics Tablet..? Help!
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Date: 16 Oct 89 16:19:56 GMT
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In article <2745@harrier.ukc.ac.uk> dl1@ukc.ac.uk (D.Langford) writes:
 
<Doesn't /anyone/ use a graphics tablet, or know of someone who does?
<In my innocence, I'd assured my friend that he didn't need to worry..

I don't think many people on the net are artists. I tried the Kurta
tablet at a show a couple years ago and was not at all impressed. Maybe
things have improved since then. If you can find a source of recent
MacUsers or MacWorlds, they have reviews of input devices every so often.
It seems like I remember one of these within the last two or three
months. 

However, the reviews rarely help you decide how it would feel for you to
use the device, and I don't know of dealers that carry one to try out.
They're quite expensive. Maybe you can find a mail order dealer that
gives a 30-day money back guarantee. Again, try MacUser or MacWorld for
sources of mail order dealers. Call the 800 numbers and ask about the
tablets even if they are not advertised.

MacWarehouse carries two kinds of tablets. The cheapest is an 8 1/2 x 11
inch tablet for $255. The 12-inch tablets are $399 (Kurta) and $325
(Bit Pad Plus). The options are kind of confusing.

MacWarehouse (800) 255-6227

Shirley Kehr