used to have an intuos II 9x12 inches...it came with a 4D (4 dimensional) mouse... and yes the pen and mouse can be used at the same time... i think mostly for 3D applications like 3DS Max...
anyway i think it was too big for me and uncomfortable to use...so i sold it off... to my boss... that lucky b****** (beruang)
why u might wanna consider the graphire or smaller tablets ( intuos II 4x5 maybe?)
1) portability : can carry around easily... several full time illustrators that i know use the small ones so that they can bring it home or to office.... and it takes up lesser table space so that u could put a pot of coffee / big tin of biscuits / family portrait (u miss them so much cuz uv been cramming on projects) on ur table for late nite project cramming...
2) cheaper and good enough... the big one was quite uncomfy for me.... tried my friends smaller version... and its quite comfy...
maybe the bigger one requires more calibration.... don't really wanna go into detail about it.... later if i say wrong thing then kenna flame... hehe...
quite interested in buying the graphire now... hope its still on sale...
does pressure sensitivity matter? my
guess is no. Anyone got any info as to whether pressure sensitivity matters when doing simple image retouching in photoshop?
just my 2 cents worth.... don't flame me ah! only sharing some info... ;p