The shop just called this morning.
This afternoon I got it. My brand new 19″ wide Viewsonic VG1930wm.
[The review below added January 10, 2007]
This is Viewsonic’s boasts that it is “ideal for use by graphics professionals who need the wider screen area to see all their work and for working in two documents side-by-side.”
I got this Optiquest Viewsonic V775 17″ monitor from my previous work back in 2001. The company says that they’ve had it since 1997 when it was a brand new unit. So that’s roughly around 10 years of service.
Two days before the start of 2007, the morning of December 30, I was still using it to draw rough ideas for my wallpapers and commissions. I went out to do some errands, when I came back to check my mail, the monitor won’t turn on.
It just died.
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If you can afford it, I’d definitely recommend you get the Intuos3 models. I’ve only had mine for a few days (I used the Graphire™ Tablet 3 x 5 for over five years) but I definitely see the difference. I love that the pressure sensitivity is more intuitive than the Graphire. I also love the fact that it has three (3) extra nibs, one (1) Stroke Nib and one (1) Felt Nib for different feels of the pen.
I’m left-handed, and I like how Wacom added the option to select whether you’re right-handed or left-handed. I also like the palm rest added to the design.
as I continue to use it, I find it a really good addition to my arsenal of hardware. Sketching directly in Painter IX is a breeze once you get the hang of the controls.
The only thing that bothers me is when I boot Painter IX, the eraser nib is sometimes not recognized. I have to reboot the whole system to until it works. I don’t know if its the Windows OS, Painter or the Intuos3. This does not happen though when I use it on Painter IX in OS X.