Looking for USED Tablet PC for Comic Strip Artist

[Billzilla]

I know. I'm so excited I can barely think. All day I started conversations like "So I got this thing on ebay last night.."

I just don't see how this can possibly NOT revolutionize my life. :)

[TedRx]

Please do come back and keep us updated ....

This thread has just climbed over 3000 viewings as of this week so I feel there must be more than just a few people interested in this topic ....

be it buying a USED TabPc or using a TabPc for Art, so ...

Any and all info will be of great value Billzilla!

Thanks,

[Billzilla]

Ted, you're startin' an art tablet revolution. Doesn't hurt that anyone searching for "art tablet pc" in google gets to this thread pretty darn quick. That's how I got here.

Anyway, the time I've been waiting for my tablet (two days) actually seems longer than the time I spent researching and deciding and working up the nerve to buy one (at least six weeks). I knew there was no conceivable way it would come today, but still I hoped...

So, produced any art on that thing yet? Sure would like to see it. The forum FAQ (linked over to the left somewhere)should get you started, although you'll need your images hosted on a website or something- I use Flickr (the forum probably won't host your images, only link to them).

Or you could just email 'em to me, and I'll post 'em.

[TedRx]

Thanks,

I just emailed you

[TedRx]

After a week, I have TOTALLY abandoned the thought of' ever using a keyboard on my own personal computer ever again.

Everyone who sees the TIPS in action are in awe.

In the rare moments I am at my desktop or laptop, I feel like I am going back in time to the days of VCRs, Corded home phones, Big bulky cell phones, and only 3 channels on my TV.

After 30 years I have FINALLY found my device.

If any of' you are like me, you have been patiently waiting for personal computers to reach there ultimate potential. My first attempt at finding what would be right for me was the $100 Sinclair 1000 I ordered out of' the pages of Science Digest back in the early 80s. Then I got my first Desktop in 1996. Next I got an IBM Work Pad, which looks like a mini laptop but runs off windows CE ( FYI -still works!) . Then I got our first real Laptop and wifi which got me closer but Not quite there yet. Then I got a Dell Axim x5 which was Nice but not quite right either.

Then I began to lustfully peer into the Sunday Best Buy ads at the only mass marketed Tablet, a Gateway Convertible. But at $1,000 is was out of reach for a computer just for me. You people with family obligations understand. Then just a couple of months ago I stumbled on EBAY and saw Many used Tablets in my range $500. And so this thread began.

Mind you I, like many of you looking into the used Tablet PC market, could have spent $2000 or more on a New one I but it would have taken away from other things that the whole family could use, and as a Father & Husband I felt that was too much for an device dedicated just to me. So that's where the $500 limit came from.

And I can truthfully say that this $500 used Tublet has been Not only the best Gadget purchase I have ever made, but it has been the BEST technology buy ever, bar none.

So all of you who have $500 to $650 bucks to "gamble" with, I just have one thing to say...

Happy EBAY ing !


(I have become my own personal Rodney McKay)

more to come...

[TedRx]

A brief side Note for Tablet Pc use, Not directly for Art....
even though it touches on a topic that has inspired many great works of Art...

I have been scorching for a Bible for my Tablet and well after much comparison, I went with e-Sword.

First, its free...
Great price, but it allows for someone to try it out with no obligation ... though donations are appreciated.

e-Sword has most of the versions I want, plus Strong's , plus Maps , Plus dictionaries, plus Commentaries too.

The BEST thing is it has a Nice Parallel option which is what I have been wanting for a LONG time Now, be it print or digital.

The interface is old school Windows 95/98 windows and tabs but once you start using it , that is all but forgotten as its set up is fantastic. Heck if it got a Newer skin , I dare say it would take it to the top of anyone's choices.

And a Neat feature, if the Bible of your choice is Not FREE , odds are it is at least available for purchase at a competitive price to other Digital Bible products. Same for many study aids and commentaries.

And it's a small file too! Which is important to many Tablet users who have 20GR Hard drives.

Thanks for all your help fellow posters!

[Billzilla]

Hey all. Ted emailed me some images from his new tabpc, and I thought they'd be interesting to all of you. The first four were done by his 9-year old daughter. Here's what he had to say about it:

"To Me, they represent how anyone will gravitate to the tablet pc, if only exposed."






This last one was done by Ted himself and has me very excited to receive my m1400, hopefully tomorrow!



there was a sixth image done by his wife, a portrait of him called "superted" but it's a Journal file, and I don't have anything to open it (at least until I get my tablet!), so we'll have to wait on that one.

Hope you all enjoy!

[Billzilla]

More from ted!

"Here it is inked via' sketchbook... Very easy to use layers, inks, and zoom in for detail"


"And if you hide the "pencils" layer and save as Tiff file , you can easily then open in Photo I be it PhotoShop or Photo Paint, and than Photo only sees the ink's layer so you can then color and letter.

Very intuitive, Simply takes the Tablet to its desired ultimate."



Outstanding work, Ted!

[Billzilla]

Posting this from my new tablet! Very excited. Been playing with it all day. l've had my own set of issues, different from Ted's.

See, this tablet came with Vista (on purpose, I understand it's the only way to fly for Adobe Users, and I use Illustrator quite a bit). Not that Vista is bad on this PC. Far from it. l was a bit nervous about the performance of the M1400 under Vista, given its low specs compared to todays models. But no. Most of my issues are due to the fact that I've never used Vista before today (nor a tablet, nor Alias Sketchbook).

l can't say it's performing amazingly- I've turned off all the bells and whistles in favor of performance- and l don't know how it would perform under its intended OS, XP tablet... but dear Diary, l am in LOVE!!!
l don't want to get too far into it, because I have a lot to say and writing a long review is a bit tedious on this thing (not that text input is bad, handwriting recognition is incredible- but l'll take a keyboard anyday for longhand).

Fortunately, I didn't buy it for writing, I bought it for drawing, so without further ado- my first three drawings.




Also posted on The Agency blog.

[TedRx]

Update -

My Motion M 1400 Recovery Disk arrived today

So if you are in Need, I recommend contacting Motion by way of 1-800 Number listed on their Website ASAP

Didn't ya'll just love Billzilla's Art... Hopefully he will post more soon .


My HUGE Recap/ Review is about 1/3 written. Hopefully I have it done in a week and ready for posting sometime after that with help from the TabletPC Buzz Gang.

I am still loving it and have completely abandoned a keyboard for Life!