How to convince your SO you need a Tablet PC
Josh Bancroft of TinyScreenfuls mentioned on his latest TinyPodcast that he is trying to convince his wife they need a Tablet PC for her to use in an upcoming calligraphy class. Very clever. Let us know if it works, Josh. :)
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I’ll definitely keep you updated. :-)
For calligraphy, would she be better off with an Intuos3 tablet?
http://www.wacom.com/productinfo/intuos.cfm
They can recognize the tilt angle of the pen, which is pretty important for calligraphy (at least, so far as I know).
I don’t think any tablet PCs can do this; their pen sensors are less sensitive.
Disclaimers: I’ve never done calligraphy and I haven’t actually used an intuos (I have a graphire).
Also: getting her started on a drawing tablet might be the key to convincing her to get a tablet PC for her next laptop…
Michael,
The Intuos tablet can’t be used a tablet PC by Josh when his wife is not using it for calligraphy :)
big downside…otherwise, I’m sure it’s MUCH better for calligraphy.