I got this to replace my Artisul D10 and it's tons of problems that I wrote about before. This tablet was right around $300, which is $30 more than the last one I tried.
The tablet in box:
I can talk about differences now that I have something to compare it too. (This is the second tablet I've owned ever)
Just from opening it I noticed a few things.
The first being that it came with a lil carrying case. SUPER useful since within the first few days of owning my other one I was trying to take it to a friend's house and realized...how TF am I gonna keep this from scratching?
How the tablet and accessories came in the box:
This tablet had to be plugged into the wall as well as laptop. It said MOST laptops can't handle it and my laptop is shit so I decided not to risk it. WALL IT IS. (I could probably use my PC but it's too much of a pain with the way it's set up.) I thought it was neat that it came with different wall adapters, too. NOW I CAN DRAW ALL OVER THE WORLD! (For that that not-traveling I'm doing.)
Once it's plugged in I noticed 3 things-
- You actually have to press the power button. I know this sounds ridiculous, but the one I had before I could lightly touch the button and the tablet would turn off, which was really annoying. I'm glad I can move this one around without issue.
- It's too dark to see well here, but there's buttons for adjusting the brightness in between the power button and cables.
- The tables sort of go into the side of the tablet, which makes them feel more sturdy. I don't feel like I'm going to bump or damage them accidentally.
It also came with a screen protector (you can tell from the tab on the bottom left corner)
Tablet on:
Problems I've had so far:
The drivers seem to work a lot better than the ones for the Arisul. They installed as lot more qucikly and are a lot more user friendly. When I calibrated the tablet it worked on the first try instead of me having to figure out how wrong it was and adjust it myself. BUT when I was using photoshop, it didn't take long for every tool in photoshop to start coming up as the eraser tool. I closed and reopened the program, and it happened again within a few minutes. I restarted my laptop (again, anything where I have to do this is A HUGE PAIN because it takes almost a complete 5 minutes for my laptop to be on and function properly.) The problem went away, but came back within 10-20 minutes. I uninstalled/reinstalled the drivers and it hasn't happened since. If it keeps happening that might make the tablet unusable for me, but we'll see. Feel free to let me know if you have other ideas of how to fix this problem. I'll post another update once I've used had more of a chance to use the tablet.
Now the real reason you're here, stronger Peen-sama (the first thing I drew with my new tablet)
