# What is a Wacom?
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-is-a-wacom/7700
**Category:** design
**Created:** [November 6, 2002, 1:32am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-is-a-wacom/7700 "2002-11-06T01:32:45Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@mdipi](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mdipi)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2002, 1:32am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-is-a-wacom/7700/1 "2002-11-06T01:32:45Z")
what are they?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2002, 1:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-is-a-wacom/7700/2 "2002-11-06T01:34:12Z")
i did a search on google and found out! i really want one!!! so you can like draw right into the PC! they are so cool!
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i want one for Christmas. one of them is only 99 US Dollers!!! but i need to reaserch them more. so far they are looking cool.
😛
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2002, 1:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-is-a-wacom/7700/3 "2002-11-06T01:56:56Z")
What do you need to research, they are awesome. I am buying mine soon, the $350 one, so I had to save!
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2002, 4:51am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-is-a-wacom/7700/4 "2002-11-06T04:51:08Z")
$199 for a graphire 6x9 is plenty me thinks.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2002, 4:54am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-is-a-wacom/7700/5 "2002-11-06T04:54:29Z")
I need one with a view of the actual sketch on the wacom pad…or do they all have that?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2002, 4:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-is-a-wacom/7700/6 "2002-11-06T16:11:32Z")
Ya it would be sweet to have one. I think the top model goes for like 3K USD or something. My god would that be a nice piece of machine to have:)
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2002, 6:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-is-a-wacom/7700/7 "2002-11-06T18:26:26Z")
Dan - I believe you are thinking of the [Cintiq](http://www.wacom.com/lcdtablets/index_15x.cfm) and you’re going to need a couple Gs to get one! Spare change anyone? 😛
I think the [Intuos 2](http://www.wacom.com/productinfo/intuos.cfm) has to be the best your money can buy. Bigger doesn’t always mean better - get the size you feel most comfortable drawing with. I got a 6x8 because I have small hands and short arms. Ofcourse if you’re a luke warm artist - I can’t go wrong with a Graphire.
Ed: Graphires come in a 6x9? I thought they only came in 5x4. Is this an older model I’ve never heard of?
Ofcourse if you’re short on ends, finding a used one on Ebay is always great!
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2002, 8:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-is-a-wacom/7700/8 "2002-11-06T20:08:57Z")
Yes i want the 350USD 6x8. its sick. i asked for it for Chirstmas cause i am still 13, my mom laughed. lol. but ebay is a good idea! i am heading over there right now. i really want one! it would be so much fun.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2002, 8:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-is-a-wacom/7700/9 "2002-11-06T20:13:24Z")
I went to Ebay and searched for both Wacoms and Used Wacoms and both came back with nothing.:(. any ideas on what to search for?
[edit]i found it! i searched for wacoms, and then clicked on a link ebay provided and it came back with results![edit]
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2002, 8:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-is-a-wacom/7700/10 "2002-11-06T20:17:17Z")
[Wacom Search on Ebay](http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?MfcISAPICommand=GetResult&query=wacom&sr=y&from=R10&ht=1&currdisp=2&itemtimedisp=1&combine=y)
there you go! some good stuff. a lot of old though. i like the Graphire2 or what ever cause is only 99USD and i dont do all that much so hey! you never know!😛
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2002, 8:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-is-a-wacom/7700/11 "2002-11-06T20:22:45Z")
Man i think i will get the Intous2. so its only a 4x5 for $200 there is no down side! man i really want it! although…it would be nice to go to the 6x8, but i dont got 350, and i already am sacrificing my painball gun so i can get this, and a few games i wanted. but in the long run it will be worth it.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2002, 9:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-is-a-wacom/7700/12 "2002-11-06T21:38:10Z")
Keep the paintball gun and get a Graphire! It’s the same size as the Intuos2 you want to get. The Intuos2 is more pressure sensitive, but it really doesn’t make a big difference - it’s more the talent than the tool.
With that said - what kind of paintball gun do you have?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2002, 10:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-is-a-wacom/7700/13 "2002-11-06T22:45:32Z")
Hey, I have the 99 dollar one but I want to get rid of it. I bought it at the begining of the year for school and really havent used it since I graduated in August. I have all the packaging, cd and a wireless mouse that goes with it.
i will take 70 American and incure the price of shipping (as long as it’s in canada or the us :))
Any takers?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2002, 12:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-is-a-wacom/7700/14 "2002-11-07T00:28:09Z")
70 USD?! sold. lemme just talk to my mom and dad!
just hold it untill i talk to my mom. i will get back to you tommorow!
and i will be getting the Tippmann 98 coustom!😛 i love it!
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2002, 6:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-is-a-wacom/7700/15 "2002-11-07T18:48:46Z")
I got my graphire2 a few weeks ago and i love it =)
it was 99 bucks, but well worth, it, its faster in some respects . =)
and i cant even draw that well lol =)
Ren actually inspired me to get one =) hehe
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2002, 8:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-is-a-wacom/7700/16 "2002-11-07T20:23:35Z")
shurshot. my parents are still talking it over. if somebody else comes along and wants it more and will buy it before me sell it. but if its not sold i will get back to you with a final answer.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2002, 10:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-is-a-wacom/7700/17 "2002-11-07T22:31:56Z")
Wacoms are cool but I would not rush out to buy one. Especially the 3g one. It all depends on the type of artist your are some are more along the lines of a traditional artist which I think these are right up traditional artists alley. But if you are a more digitals and vector artist it may take some gettin used too. My company has those 3g ones floating around here. I do not use it as often as most but when I do I usually grab my $99 graphire. Although the programmable pens are cool…but it is a acquired taste using these things.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2002, 10:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-is-a-wacom/7700/18 "2002-11-07T22:37:39Z")
write that tut! haha i just finished mine.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2002, 12:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-is-a-wacom/7700/19 "2002-11-08T00:00:27Z")
ok…ok…ill do it tonite I have been being lazy…where do i put the tut or do I send it to someone?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2002, 12:31am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-is-a-wacom/7700/20 "2002-11-08T00:31:12Z")
in the tutorials forum, under ‘post user tutorials’, attach your .zip file and kirupa will look it over. now we need lost and eilose and it will be up, i think.
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