This is my new Bamboo graphics tablet. If you haven't seen one of these nifty gadgets before, its a device that plugs into your PC and allows you to write and draw free-hand.
Its amazing and I love it ... I just can't use it yet. I do one thing and it does another.
The marketing spiel that comes with it says ...
More natural. More human. More you.
The pen makes it easy and intuitive.
Not only is my brain scrambled, but I am feeling inadequate. How could I not? Apparently its all intuitive. Perhaps I am just less human than the ordinary Bamboo user.
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I love the concept of these..I bought myself a Wacom tablet (same thing) ages ago, cause it really is a more intuitive style for me. Except that I couldn't coordinate between my hand and my brain, and then it started taking over my computer, so I quit. Wah. :P
ReplyDeleteMy hubby uses one of these puppies in his day job - I have had a couple of goes and can't get it happening either! Intuitive smatituitive...
ReplyDeleteI have a wacom tablet and I love it! You get used to the pen/computer screen thing. I don't even notice it now, but I remember when I first got mine I was thinking, HEY this is supposed to be easier than this!
ReplyDeleteI've never heard of this for a pc (thought it was only for macs)...hmmm very interesting!
ReplyDeleteI guess it's just a matter of retraining your brain. I bet once you get it you'll wonder how you ever managed without one.
ReplyDeleteI dumped my Wacom tablet. I might have stayed at it a bit longer if it was bamboo though!
ReplyDeleteThe word ‘bamboo’ brings with it feelings of tranquillity, peace, nature... maybe they need to change the name of their product...
ReplyDeleteCool! I've been wanting one of them!
ReplyDeleteI think anything labelled intiutive invariably is anything but.
ReplyDeleteI always thought wacom tablets sounded like a brilliant idea, but I totally understand the frustration you're talking about. I love the "More human. More you."
ReplyDeleteI love my Bamboo tablet for SOME things, and other times I'm still a mouse girl... I have BOTH in action all the time. Anything that requires a lot of right-clicking is better on a mouse, and I can't quite get the hang of the scroll thing, but for image manipulation and clicking through files it's SMOOTH....
ReplyDeleteSounds great - but generally technology has me totally bewildered. Isn't it amazing that something sold to simplify things, somehow makes it more complicated!
ReplyDeleteGood Luck and have fun... I'm sure once you get the hang of it, you will never look back!
Oh gosh! I haven't used one before but I'm sure it would cause me problems too. It does look like a great gadget but when it comes to managing hi-tech stuff, the tablet is probably 'more human' than I am...
ReplyDeleteI wonder if that would work for lefties... I know my hand would drag behind the pen and maybe that would mess things up...
ReplyDeleteI have to have one of these, thanks a lot I have yet another gadget to buy!
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