Reddit reviews Wacom CTL460 Bamboo Pen Tablet (Factory Refurbished)
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Battery-free, ergonomic pen with two programmable switchesIncludes Corel Painter Essentials 4.0 (Win and Mac) for creating natural media art and turning photos into paintingsEasy USB connectionInteractive tutorial helps you make the most of your BambooActive Area Touch (W x H) - 4.9" x 3.4" (124mm x 86mm); Pen (W x H) - 5.8" x 3.6" (147mm x 91mm)
I said this in the other thread: If you're an engineer, do not buy a $1500 Tablet PC. Instead, get whichever laptop you want plus a $60 external USB tablet. Your wallet will thank me.
Well if you want to get him something related to web design (I assume you do, otherwise why would you be asking here?), you need to know what he does or doesn't have already. I would suggest a graphics tablet, nice computer mouse etc. but he's likely to have those already.
Maybe get him some small non-free software. E.g. ArtRage (a nice little drawing program I'm fond of for $40). Or some web design literature:
If you get him a recently published web-related book chances are good that he won't have it. I would love to get that kind of thing myself.
IMO, don't even consider anything other than a Wacom. For your price point, get a Bamboo and if you feel you need something bigger/better, sell it and upgrade to an Intuos. I have had an Intuos 3 for several years and love it. The new version is very slick but I don't really have a need to upgrade.
In regards to your specific points:
Edit: One final consideration - Intuos comes with a mouse - If you are considering using the tablet as a complete mouse replacement (I use mine in addition to my mouse), I would stay away from the 'small' tablets.
I've only owned this one tablet ever, but I like it pretty well.
Wireless would be nice, but just depends on your budget and preference.
The precision on the low end model seems to be spot on as far as I can tell.
http://www.amazon.com/Wacom-CTL460-Bamboo-Factory-Refurbished/dp/B003LVKQ18/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1346202305&sr=8-6&keywords=bamboo+tablet
i use the 'old style' classic Logitech G15 & the new Logitech Performance MX.
i also suggest a wacom, refurb ones on amazon are 42$ or 52$(w/ touch)
see here>> http://www.amazon.com/Wacom-CTL460-Bamboo-Factory-Refurbished/dp/B003LVKQ18/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1310897970&sr=8-9
I like the Wacom Bamboo, and it looks like you can get it refurbished for ~60
My gosh, that's a lot of input, just what i need! Is this the type of tablet I'll need?
The majority of the time I only use Dan Awesome's Rage maker (www.ragemaker.net), but I'll occasionally use GIMP for particularly detailed panels or animated comics. I used GIMP for the final panel in this case.
I also have an old Bamboo writing tablet which I use to draw, although I just use a mouse or trackpad most of the time. I ended up using the tablet for this particular comic, because I decided to draw full bodies.
For touch based drawing it's not bad, I know I couldn't stand mobile sketchbook on my ipod touch. If you're serious about learning digital art though, I would consider investing in one of these to start out with
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