actually im using the more professional hanvon artmaster series,friends also told me you need to have an wacom but see im unsure about the whole wacom issue from my opinion it is like you ask some one What is a good t.'
and they say like a gun shot 'Wacom' so ya go on like are there any others 'NO' Its kinda like everyone just says wacom because everyon says wacom. this is just my personal subjective view of the things. I mean in the last few years things had been changed, Wacom loses the patent of battery free pen, so the tablet market had been opened a bit. Of course wacom offers some really nice features but mostly in the higher price segment like in the intuos series. So at the end, i cant speak for wacom because i've never used one, only thing i can say is that im fine with my hanvon except for the fact that the driver is only 32bit. The choice is totally up to you if you want to go with wacom im sure you will be fine with it, if you stick to hanvon it is also okay. As far as i know Aiptek also offers an tablet with battery free pen now, but i cant tell you much about this on.Mhh software,ill guess wacom got some with in the box but im not sure Hope this helps,
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