Bamboo Pen and Tablet

Source: PCFrags.com

I’ve been looking at an alternative to the mouse lately. Not really intending to get a trackball (though I’ve been trying to shop around for one) but due to some minor issues I have with my computer tables, I had been giving a thought to a possible replacement to my mouse.

Besides the trackball, I’ve also been considering the use of a wireless mouse. I am afraid though of a wireless mouse, not due to the connectivity portion, but the lack thereof. I could easily lose the mouse in the clutter on my desk.

Another alternative is a pen and tablet. I’m definitely going to get one soon. But that’s for my son to use. He’s a college freshman taking up fine arts and at his computer classes, some of the students bring their own pen and tablet to draw with. My fault, really, as I didn’t think they’d be using the computer to draw as early as the freshman year. That caught me unprepared.

And checking out some computer stores, what they have in stock have always been Wacom and Genius, with Wacom having a better reputation for the quality of their pen tablet.

I would have bought one about a month back. Except that all I saw at the stores was a Bamboo pen and tablet. Only lately did I find out that Bamboo is a Wacom model. And it comes with a wireless mouse. That’s kind of an overkill as you can use the pen as a pointing device, and the wireless mouse then becomes redundant.

My son will probably get one for his own in a week or two, now that that’s clear that the Bamboo pen and tablet is a Wacom make.