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Kinja'd!!! "phenotyp" (phenotyp)
04/24/2015 at 22:55 • Filed to: sketch

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So I got a Surface Pro 3. Despite the fact that it doesn’t have a Wacom digitizer. And I just spent about 6 hours fighting drivers and settings, and I think I might just have hit the right combo. I think I’ll be able to draw with it.

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It’s so far from perfect. It takes a lot of work to be really usuable. Windows 10 better be like 7 compared to Vista. Because I want a Win7 tablet with a good pen and a big screen and no bullshit. And it’s still not better than !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! tablet. But it might get somewhere.

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DISCUSSION (9)


Kinja'd!!!  V8 Rustler > phenotyp
04/24/2015 at 22:58

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I have an original Surface Pro and the wacom pen is not that good. Even after calibration there is still a big offset between the pointer and the pen’s tip. Also, it is unusable on the edges of the screen.


Kinja'd!!! phenotyp >  V8 Rustler
04/24/2015 at 23:01

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Wacom made their own tablets, instead of licensing the tech. It didn’t work out well for them. Wacom tech pre-2010 is indestructible. Post? I dunno. Haven’t bought. Too expensive.


Kinja'd!!! 1111111111111111111111 > phenotyp
04/24/2015 at 23:19

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I’ve used the pen from my phone quite successfuly on all the surface products.


Kinja'd!!! Axial > phenotyp
04/25/2015 at 12:59

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Question:

Why not a Surface Pro 2? Less expensive, just as fast for all practical purposes, and still has a Wacom digitizer. No escaping Windows 8.1, but I find 8.1 to be superior to 7 once you set it to “Boot to Desktop” mode.


Kinja'd!!! phenotyp > Axial
04/25/2015 at 13:15

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Screen size. I’ve heard that the 4 will have a 14” version, which will make me regret the 3, but since my ancient Motion tablet was kicking the bucket, it was unavoidable. What I really want is a 15” tablet. Now that I’ve gotten the right drivers and settings to get the pressure sensitivity working, I think it’ll be good to go.


Kinja'd!!! Axial > phenotyp
04/26/2015 at 00:04

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If it’s not to much to ask, I’d be very interested in an update on how well it works as a drawing tablet. I need a digital tablet myself, as well as a portable computing device, and I’d like to have both in one if I can. Surface 3 has lots of features that make it better than 2, just not the digitizer.


Kinja'd!!! phenotyp > Axial
04/26/2015 at 13:42

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For sure. I’m hoping to get at least as much time out of this one as I did the Motion. So, expect updates for the next seven or so years. Chances are that any sketch I post from here on out will have been done on it.


Kinja'd!!! davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > phenotyp
05/06/2015 at 17:46

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I passed on your name; hope you don’t mind.

http://oppositelock.jalopnik.com/here-s-the-guy…


Kinja'd!!! phenotyp > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
05/06/2015 at 20:05

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Ah, right on.