Q&A: Which tablet PC comes with a pressure sensitive pen?
Question by Gio: Which tablet PC comes with a pressure sensitive pen?
I’m interested in purchasing a tablet pc but I need it to have a pressure-sensitive stylus as I’ll be using it a lot for sketching. Currently the brands that I’ve looked into are: Toshiba, Lenovo (IBM) and Fujitsu. Yet (and amazingly) I couldn’t find in any of the respective websites any detailed description of about the stylus pen where I could see whether it is pressure-sensitive or not. Any information in this regard will be greatly appreciated.
Best answer:
Answer by philipscown
I use the wacom graphics tablet hooked up to a Mac – but it works just as well on a PC. This is pressure sensitive, and allows more flexibility with laptop choice. The Bamboo range from Wacom comes in different sizes, and is readily available through Amazon.
I appreciate that the ergonomics would need working out. But it would probably be easy to set it up to work over the keyboard. However, this set-up would be easier to customise – you could change either the tablet of the laptop with ease. The tablet would also hook up to a desktop, supporting larger monitors.
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The Fujitsu-Siemens Lifebook T5010 which I have has a pressure sensitive pen. It is based on a Wacom active digitiser, as are most modern tablet PCs with active screens. Purely passive screens i.e. those that can be operated by your finger, don’t have pressure sensitivity, I gather.
I believe the Toshiba Portege range also uses Wacom active digitisers with pressure sensitivity. The Lenovo I don’t know.