Wacom Bamboo Small Graphics Tablet

The right graphic tablet for first-time users

Strengths: Easy to install. Good quality and the function never fails. Enough customizable buttons.

Weakness: The whole tablet area corresponds to the whole screen area or a selected portion of the screen, but it can not be automatically fixed to the whole active window of the current application software.

If the bundled software in Bamboo Fun doesn't interest you, then this non-funned Bamboo is your choice. You'll only have a regular eraser not the pressure-sensitive type like Bamboo Fun has, but I don't think the pressure-sensitivity is critical for an eraser. Bamboo Fun also has 3 extra pen tip replacements and a use-on-tablet-only "wireless" mouse, that you won't find in this Bamboo. The bamboo...

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Great Product for First-time Buyers

Strengths: Affordable, slim/small and lightweight, sleek look and feel, easy to install and use, no AC needed to be plugged in--just USB, precise and accurate

Weakness: Pressure sensitivity does not work with all programs, drawing sound feels unnatural to the paper-and-pen experience, can be small for people that want to make larger pen strokes, no mouse included

I was curious to find an easier and more fun creative way of drawing on my computer. I only draw on occasion, and I'm not an artist, but I considered buying a drawing tablet as a new medium of making art. I decided to go with this drawing tablet because it was cheaper than other products, and since I've read lots of positive reviews from other Wacom buyers. When I got the Wacom Bamboo, I...

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Great price for a nice tablet

Strengths: Easy to install and use, awesome packaging, low price

Weakness: Active area might be too small for hardcore artists, absolute positioning can be a problem

I've only used a tablet maybe twice in my life before I purchased Wacom's Bamboo Digitalizing Tablet. I'm not really much of an artist, but I've been wanting one since then. Luckily, I happened upon this tablet, which has dropped in price. This tablet doesn't have a wireless mouse, which is part of the reason why it's so cheap. My favorite aspect of this tablet is its texture. When you press the...

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Excellent Wacom tablet if you are on a budget

Strengths: Price, design and made by Wacom

Weakness: It would have been nice for Wacom to thrown in at least one software package

Well, I'm been putting it off buying a graphics tablet. I used to use a scanner to import my cartoons to a pc. With this entry level Wacom, being so inexpensive, I had no excuses now. It's a very attractive board, easy to use and the pen is battery free since it's a Wacom product. I admit, it takes some getting used to looking at the computer screen while drawing but keep practicing, you will get...

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New Brand Bamboo

Strengths: nice look and feel, small size, very flat and light weight. like a sketch feeling on paper.

Weakness: usb cable, made in china, too much light weight pen, some fuctions support only vista.

I have used wacom intous 3 tablet so far. To tell you the truth, I can not find out big differences between two tablet exclude pen grip. I mainly work photoshop, illustrator. Well, intous 3 pen is really nice. Im very well know about it. However, I should pay for 100bucks more to use intous pen. I think that this tablet good for student and graphic designer.

Best value for a graphics tablet

Strengths: Excellent quality, great Windows and MacOS driver support, small footprint with plenty of drawing space, nice feature set, great value for price

Weakness: Could use a small lip to identify edges of tablet area by feel, rocker switches on pen could be closer to tip

This little wonder is a great value, especially for the price. Graphics tablets have traditionally been a little expensive for those that don't use them often. This one changes that. I work with graphic designers that use this tablet extensively, and they all love it. The size, weight, and clean lines of the tablet made it seem insubstantial at first. But, as soon as I used it, what seemed like...

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Bamboo works well even if a bit expensive!

Strengths: 1. Easy to use. 2. Good drivers. 3. Can be used with MS Office 2007 and Windows Vista to hand write notes. 4. Pen has a good feeling and works from about 1/2" above the tablet.

Weakness: 1. Expensive in comparison to other brands. 2. There is some strain on your hand as the pen is not supported.

Well, the Wacom Bamboo is certainly a good option for those who do not need a mouse (The mouse is included in a higher package). It works very well with Photoshop and is great as a beginner's pen.

Bamboo Digitizing Tablet

Strengths: Adds great functionality to the computer

Weakness: No software

I purchased this tablet to add functionality to my computer. I wanted to take advantage of Office 2007 capabilities, add a digital signature, do minor photograph work and this did the trick. There is NO software or is there a mouse. For me there was a rather big learning curve. Just to remember how to move things, tap appropriately etc, was not "natural" and took some practicing. Ther is a...

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Good choice for first time tablet

Strengths: - Easy to use - Comfortable - Easy installation and tutorial - Function keys

Weakness: - Lack of software

The model is basically a slightly more striped down version of the Bamboo Fun. The only differences are in appearance and the lack of mouse and software. The lack of a mouse isn't really even an issue, but they could have thrown in at least one piece of software. I'm just using this as a hobby using an existing program, so for me this wasn't an issue. It's really a great pad, it's responsive, the...

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Sleek but weak

Strengths: Tablet is well-made and extremely sharp looking, installed easily. Wacom quality throughout.

Weakness: Driver software is a disappointing step down from previous Wacom tablets.

I've owned low-end Wacom tablets (PenPal and Graphire) for nearly ten years. This is the best looking one ever, but I'm less than satisfied with how it works. The Graphire allowed you to customize tablet operation for different software programs; this one's control panel offers a much more limited set of options. No software bundled with it, but that didn't bother me as I already have whatever...

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