Little Cintiq!
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http://www.wacom.eu/index2.asp?lang=en&pid=96
I wants.
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The news sites say these things will retail for about $1699. Still a little hard to justify picking one up, but not as big a stretch as springing for the 21 incher. :-)
I wants.
~The news sites say these things will retail for about $1699. Still a little hard to justify picking one up, but not as big a stretch as springing for the 21 incher. :-)
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Cintiq + Flash would be a killer workflow
-caseyjones
Not to mention that we've got about 10 cintiqs at school and I'm just as happy to work with a tablet.
Get me a tablet PC with good speed and pressure sensitivity, for that price and I'm in.
but why does it cost so much?
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Why does 3DS Max cost more than 10x the average OS? Because they have a lower production volume and are targeting a niche market.
-you probably earn enough every month to buy a full-sized cintiq every couple of months
-it's a comfortable size for users who take their gear around with them
-better screen than practically all laptops out right now. these things are likely aimed at laptop users
-a couple of freelance jobs and you've earned guilt-free cash for it
-you can use motor skills you've spent a lifetime developing and have the convenience of working digitally
I know a ripoff when I see one,and I also have no qualms about splurging on things I know will actually be useful. Sold on this baby for sure!
do we know anything about the display technology they're using in those? stuck pixels, lifespan of a display, heat dissipation.
i'd hate this to be as short-lived as some laptop-displays. in that case it would be way too expensive for anyone but power-users.
hacks would need to be made for such awesomeness
Anyway i'd pay a bit more and get it's big brother than this, probably this good just for the ones who use to work on their laptops and carry all they stuff everywhere.
http://www.gateway.com/systems/product/529666090.php
The interesting thing about the gateway c-140 is that you can configure it with an actual graphics card, as opposed to the integrated graphics chipsets that a lot of them come with - which aren't too shit hot for doing 3d work with (mudbox).
I still have yet to see a tablet pc in action doing actual sketching or painting, or even sculpting, let alone try one for myself. I would love to see an actual video capture of someone doing artwork with one, just to be able to guage how responsive the digitizing screen is. I worry about 512 levels of pressure sensitivity and the glass screen after using a graphire 2, in comparison to 1024 levels on an intuos 3, but most people don't seem to think it is a big deal.
Anyway, seriously tempted on the Gateway model. The one I configured for myself worked out to 1900 bux, which isn't too bad at all for a fully mobile pc/tablet. 14" screen too!
Spacemonkey: I'm curious too what model you have and how it works for you compared to a tablet or cintiq if you have any experience.
The 12 inch Cintiq looks cool, but I'm especially interested in it being crammed into a laptop as well. I hate lugging around a laptop + tablet when I travel and would love to integrate these 2 correctly
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The mobile version of graphic chip is completed by four memory chips with a total volume of 128 mb., which has 64- bit system bus.
Thus, test platform (A8Jr) was : Intel core2 duo t5200, 2 Gb memory, chipsets 945PM. The next result are made with resolution 1024x768 :
* 3Dmark05: 1494
* 3Dmark06: 822
* HL2: 14 FPS
* Doom3: 7,8 FPS
Well as u can clearly see this X2300 Gpu is nothing more than x1300 ( again another renamed card from AMD ???) . in any case the performance are about the same .we hope that this was just driver issue and x2300 will show better performance ...
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EQ: my current desktop system at home is an x800
My work card is even shittier! =]
I'm pretty sure that even one of these laptops would run circles around my desktops, which are at least 4 years old each. You're right though... I don't think I'd do much actual 3d on one... mostly texture and sketch/sculpt work. I'm still very much tied to a mouse for 3d work and wouldn't give that up - nor my nice 24" widescreen realestate. For sketching and sculpting... sure. But not the other stuff!