Comments Genius G-Pen M712 Pen Tablet - Peripheral - review

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Martin Daler

9:54 PM on 21 January, 2009

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nice to see a photo of the product in context, thanks. (looks like you hung on to a few of the other bits and pieces you reviewed too...)

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heyyouthere

10:43 PM on 21 January, 2009

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Could you tell us what the active surface is like? I have a Genius Mouse Pen 8x6 and the drawing surface has no grip or texture whatsoever, it's like drawing with a ballpoint pen on glass.

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CliffSmith

12:48 AM on 22 January, 2009

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That's a good point, I should have mentioned that in the review. The drawing surface does have a texture; slightly rough but very fine grained. It's definitely a nicer drawing surface than my old Wacom Graphire 3 tablet, which is smooth and shiny like the one you describe.

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Will Robinson

10:56 PM on 22 January, 2009

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Does it work with Vista 64? Can't find anything on the manufacturer's website to clarify this.

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CliffSmith

2:03 PM on 23 January, 2009

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The M712 is a certified Vista compatible plug'n'play device, but I'm afraid I wasn't able to test it on Vista 64. I can't think of any reason why it shouldn't work though.

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frenchie299

12:48 PM on 27 January, 2009

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What's the catch ?

- as you said : the pen uses a battery. Wacom : no battery !

- the tablet supports only a pen, not a mouse. Wacom tablets support also a battery-less mouse, with same positional precision as the pen.

I have been using a Wacom tablet Intuos 2 since several years and I alternate mouse or pen on the tablet, depending on the work. The mouse is better for right-click or leaving the mouse cursor at a fixed position of the screen. The pen is perfect if you have to point-and-click repeatedly.

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Skerplee

11:31 AM on 9 May, 2009

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Well I don't know who came up first with this concept between

http://www.waltop.com.tw/productDetail.asp?id=23 and Genius but I might agree that having this is still way advantageous for modern graphic illustrators and artist.

For the comment on battery, well its ok having it the AAA ones at least there'll be no problem with technical-related-problems due to internal batterys over certain time.

As for the less-Wacom feel this tablet has, well thats just a way to practice beginners into properly controlling their pulse and hand pressure (it's part of the training into tablets and such... I guess)

And lastly, its really somewhat 90% on the pen user not the pen itself.

I would recommend this from Beginner to Intermediate level artist seeking cheaper pen tablet alternatives.

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SLewis

4:42 PM on 30 July, 2010

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I add my vote to have the blue flashing light zapped! Very annoying and unsettling - it implies there is a problem. Can't be too hard to fix in a driver update.

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For a remarkably low price the Genius G-Pen M712 offers attractive and efficient design, good build quality, decent performance and a useful range of features. For about 25 percent of the price of a Wacom Intuos3 it offers about 90 percent of the features, and even adds a few unique features of its own, which is pretty spectacular value in my book.

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Reviewed by Cliff Smith

21 January 2009

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