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I would love to get a tablet. I just can’t draw with a mouse, I’ve tried and tried and tried. No luck. They all come out blobby and weird looking.
So, I’ve been looking at tablets. I would love a Wacom…. Sadly the coffers are pretty much empty. So, not having near enough to buy even the smallest wacom tablet. I’ve been looking at the Wacom bamboo fun, or the Genius MousePen. The Bamboo just doesn’t have the sensitivity I’d like. (512 level) They start at around $175 where I am.
The Genius MousePen has the sensitivity (1024 level) but, for the price is it any good? They run around $65 to $75 around here. One of the cons is it doesn’t have an eraser, kind of backwards I think.
So, my question is does any one have either one of these? Would you recommend it? (I wish there was a place where you could try them, then I’d know)
You will not regret Wacom brand. They are the industry leaders for a good reason!
I have used a few off-brand tablets, for the same reason… when I started out I couldn’t afford a Wacom. I wish I had just saved up the extra bucks for a Wacom! WHAT a difference. And their customer support is pretty good.
The bamboo is really a nice one. I used as first gen wacom with 512 (or possibly less than, I forget) levels of pressure sensitivity for over 5 years of my career.. their Graphire line was this level, and that was a professional line. You’d never know it, and I didn’t either. 🙂
I’ve never tried the Genius brand; perhaps you can find reviews online. All I know is after switching to Wacom I won’t be going back to other brands.
You can try searching eBay for a Wacom Intuos and find one for a lot less that has been slightly used. Amber (Vantid) got her tablet this way and it’s still going strong over 6 years later. 🙂 You can find new ones for cheap too… this, for example, is one hell of a good deal for a NIB Intos 3 (which is what I’m currently using) http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-Wacom-Intuos-3-PTZ430-USB-Pen-Table-Unopened-Box_W0QQitemZ280340731743QQihZ018QQcategoryZ3680QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Remember, this is a tool that should last you at least 5 years, and as with any other art supply investment into quality ends up paying for itself, usually. 🙂
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My art: featherdust.comOh wow! That’s a great price. I’ll need to see if they will ship to Canada though.
Thank you that’s exactly what I wanted to know. I know Wacom is the best, but, I just couldn’t find any in my price range.
Romeodanny wrote:Oh wow! That’s a great price. I’ll need to see if they will ship to Canada though.
Thank you that’s exactly what I wanted to know. I know Wacom is the best, but, I just couldn’t find any in my price range.
If they won’t ship to Canada you can ship it me in the States, and I would be more than happy to ship it you in Canada. I’m sure several other forum members would do so as well. 🙂
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I don’t think I can get it now. Sadly something came up. I may not have internet for much longer if I can’t figure out what’s happening.
Apparently Rogers (internet provider) says I have either a virus or bot or something technical that needs fixed. If I don’t get it done right away they will cut off my internet. I will be able to get it back but, what a hassle. I’ve run AVG, Spybot, SuperAntiSpyWare and I’ll be running Ad-Aware soon. Nothing but a few run of the mill tracking cookies. 🙁 I guess tomorrow I’ll have to take my computer somewhere to see if they can figure it out. I really don’t need this right now. 🙄
Why will your Internet provider shut down your Internet access over this? I’ve never heard anything like that!
purpledragonclaw wrote:Why will your Internet provider shut down your Internet access over this? I’ve never heard anything like that!
Neither have I. Plus how can they tell that your computer is the one with the problem. 😕
They actually can… I don’t know if it’s my computer. But, here is sections from the email:
We have reason to believe that a computer connected through your Rogers Cable Modem has been infected by virus or has an application that is misconfigured.
Typically, these types of viruses do not affect the performance of your computer and instead carry out attacks and malicious activities behind the scenes, without your knowledge. This type of network activity has the potential to negatively impact the overall service. For your reference, we have included a technical summary of the activity for your reference at the bottom of this e-mail message.
To protect your computer and to safeguard other customers on the Rogers Yahoo! Hi-Speed Internet network, we urge you to remove the virus as quickly as possible. This can usually be done by using an updated Anti-Virus program to scan all the computers connected to your cable modem and choosing to remove the viruses.
If you are unable to remove the virus within 48 hours, we will have to take additional steps to protect other customers and the Rogers Yahoo! Hi-Speed Internet network including temporary service deactivation. Should this occur, we can reactivate your connection once the virus has been removed by calling into our call center.
If the network activity below is not the result of a Virus, we ask that you reconfigure any programs or hardware which is generating the network activity detailed below to reduce the amount of traffic or redirect it to another DNS Server.
High volumes of requests causing Error or Canned (127.0.0.1) responses usually indicate a Worm, Virus, or Bot infection. These viruses will usually attempt to connect to a controlling server or attempt to perform a Denial of Service attack on a specific server on the Internet. Once the desintation is identified, the owner of the server may remove or change the DNS entry causing future Virus infected computers to fail resolving the name. this causes an error to be generated.
These are the canned responses they are talking about:
Canned Queries = (Queries resolving to an unroutable IP address)
Usually an indication of a Virus or Trojan infection.IP Add, Canned Replies, Queries
74.210.107.225, 62, 68Date Time, Src, Query, Query type
2009-05-05 2009-05-05 11:00:11.78469, 74.210.107.225, t1.extreme-dm.com., Addr
2009-05-05 2009-05-05 11:00:10.91148, 74.210.107.225, fastonlineusers.com., Addr
2009-05-06 2009-05-06 10:00:24.73560, 74.210.107.225, lbl7all.mailshell.net., NS
2009-05-06 2009-05-06 10:00:25.51552, 74.210.107.225, rbl7all.mailshell.net., NS
2009-05-06 2009-05-06 10:00:26.57306, 74.210.107.225, rblns51.mailshell.net., AddrDate Time,Dst,Query,Response
2009-05-05 2009-05-05 11:00:11.78489,74.210.107.225,t1.extreme-dm.com.,Addr 213.244.183.204
2009-05-05 2009-05-05 11:00:10.91169,74.210.107.225,fastonlineusers.com.,Addr 66.37.10.4
2009-05-06 2009-05-06 10:00:24.73586,74.210.107.225,lbl7all.mailshell.net.,NS rblns34.mailshell.net.
2009-05-06 2009-05-06 10:00:25.51573,74.210.107.225,rbl7all.mailshell.net.,NS rblns52.mailshell.net.
2009-05-06 2009-05-06 10:00:26.57330,74.210.107.225,rblns51.mailshell.net.,Addr 74.208.15.76Sadly they don’t give me any way to contact them except through the abuse email system which can take more than 48 hours for them to even look at.
What I don’t understand are the dates…. why are they only for May 5 and 6th? If those are the only dates then wouldn’t I have already fixed this? 🙄
I’m going to see if I can get tech. support either on the phone (not my first try, I hate their phone systems, I’ve spent hours trying to get through before) or live chat with one. I’m hoping for live chat even though I’ll look like an idiot. I can achieve that over the phone quite easily as well. But, for some reason live chat is worse for me.
That is strange; a virus that only works for 48 hours? If they do deactivate your service for a few days, they shouldn’t charge you for those days. I hope you don’t get the runaround with them; what you just posted explained nothing about this problem or even what it is.
I noticed that the email was very vague. I have no clue what they are even talking about. I had no luck with technical support. I’ve downloaded 4 antiviruses, updated them and ran them. They all came back with a few tracking cookies. 😕 So whatever this is about it’s not about a virus. I did have a malfunctioning driver but, that was fixed….. a few weeks ago….. about the same time as those queries…. Hum….. that could be the connection. But, if that’s it…. I had that fixed with an update.
Strangest part of all? I was at work when all of this happened. I leave before 10am. So, who’s been tapping into my connection? I wonder if the new neighbors are stealing my connection. It’s not cable it’s wireless…. So, it can be fairly easy to steal the signal.
I just hope I can get answers out of somebody somewhere. They finally left me an automated phone message that gave me a number to call if I have questions. Which I do. I just hope I can call them in the morning before work.
Called the number this morning. They told me oh we can’t remove viruses you have to call whatever number or get a technician to look at it. I wanted them to explain the email. Not tell me oh follow the directions in the email (which is for people without antivirus software, I now have 4 of them. I had 2 before this…) Oh well, I guess I’ll be dragging this awfully heavy tower to someone today. I was hoping to get some kind of help. Any at all would have been preferable to this.
I found a brand new intuos3 tablet for $169 in Quebec. It’ll be much less shipping then getting any in the states. They want $20 plus $4 for shipping and insurance. I’m sure the insurance is a rip off since it’s not that much to buy $100 of insurance (canada post comes with $100 insurance well at least to the states, I can’t remember for canada) Oh well. It’s better than paying $50 to $70 shipping that the sellers in the states want. Makes you wonder how it can be even close to that much. How big and heavy could it be? So once I get this computer trouble looked after I’ll buy that one.
Since your connection is wireless it’s quite possible you didn’t download this virus, but people who “borrow” your signal did and it now affects anything that uses that signal. Is it possible you can switch over to a wired connection after this is over? This doesn’t sound like a problem on your computer, and it makes me wonder what kind of websites your neighbors go to…
purpledragonclaw wrote:Since your connection is wireless it’s quite possible you didn’t download this virus, but people who “borrow” your signal did and it now affects anything that uses that signal. Is it possible you can switch over to a wired connection after this is over? This doesn’t sound like a problem on your computer, and it makes me wonder what kind of websites your neighbors go to…
Depends if the signal is password protected or not. Mine is, and no problems thus far! (People tend to borrow unprotected networks…. 👿 )
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