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Review on Wacom One 13.3 inch Drawing Tablet with Screen - Ideal for Digital Mark-up and Beginners: Compatible with Mac, PC, Chromebook & Android (DTC133W0A) by Daniel Mandal

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Everything you need, nothing more.

Admittedly I am biased towards Wacom devices due to previous bad experiences with similar cheaper alternatives and the lack of any way to pre-test the device. It is incredibly likely that you will buy a Wacom device. an expensive tablet only to hate it within 5 minutes of using it. That's not to say Wacom devices are perfect in any way, as I've had some trouble supporting an entire design department, but half the problem with some of these cheaper alternatives is simply the lack of proper software support, as the drivers are listed on the troubleshooting forum refer to a specific model. With the next model, it's really hard to drop $800 on a basic graphics tablet when it could easily cost half that. So I was thrilled when I found out they released $4. 00, while the previous CIntiq models would have cost me twice as much, with the only difference being that they removed all superfluous features like service buttons and pen eraser. Otherwise, the Wacom One behaves similarly to previous Cintiq models. My only real complaint about the Wacom One is that it used the USB connection for power, although in every way it explicitly tells you NOT to use it with USB. port or power supply other than your own and even added a nasty block to the plug to scare other people away. And then there's the connection to a proper tablet, which is a USB-C connector, but the plastic rosette around the connector is keyed in such a way that it only fits one way, so the cable always stays connected despite USB falls to the left. The -C standard is listed as reversible. If both connections are supposedly proprietary, why would you use them at all?

Pros
  • Best
Cons
  • Too long to wait