There's the new Galaxy Note with a Wacom pen. Underwhelmed a bit in the review though- http://www.theverge.com/2012/8/15/3243546/samsung-galaxy-note-10-1-review
-Nic On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 6:56 PM, Stephen Davidson <[email protected]>wrote: > Bottom line, for me, Windows 8 is fine to use on my tablet, but > there is no reason to use it on my workstation, unless they force me to, > by dropping support for Windows 7, like they will, for XP, on April 8th > 2014. > > I have a laptop/tablet pc that I use for drawing (it has a Wacom > pressure sensitive pen) > that runs on XP, but won't run Windows 7. I guess it will have a limited > life. > It is a shame, because I can't find any new tablets that support pressure > sensitive pens. Most new tablets run on Android, which looks like the model > for Windows 8. Android is great for non-business devices, but that too is > geared for tablets. > > I think what the problem is that there is no money in selling to the > professional > video and entertainment market. Look what Apple did with Final Cut Pro. > They turned it into a home user product, and ignored the pro market > completely. > > Maybe it is just a big hint, from the universe, for me to start a new > career. ;) > > > > > > On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 6:56 AM, Stefan Andersson <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Maybe I spoke too soon :) I felt a bit lost, so I'm back into Linux now. >> Trying a bit newer distro (Ubuntu 12.04). I know it can't run Softimage, >> but I don't use Softimage at home that much anyhow. >> It was a nice try, but it felt there were too many gremlins under the >> hood that I had no idea of what they were up to. >> Too many reboots and too many processes that started working for no >> apparent reason, and popups, my god.... it felt like using firefox without >> a adblocker. But besides that it was a better experience that my last >> attempt which was with Vista. >> >> I'm back home now. Hell did not freeze over, it's still warm and cozy. >> >> regards >> stefan >> >> >> >> On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 10:05 AM, Andreas Bystrom < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> ". So... I've installed Windows7 on my workstation at home. And so far >>> I'm really impressed with the speed and the response from the system. >>> Softimage works a lot smoother on Windows7 than on CentOS 6.3." >>> >>> hmm, it's not april.... did hell just freeze over? actually the day alan >>> jones writes something like that will be the day hell truly freezes over.. >>> >>> on a serious note, for every single windows release that's about to come >>> out since win2k I've heard the same exact thing "this will be terrible, I'm >>> staying with win xxxx forever" yet those same people somehow upgraded >>> throughout the years and found themselves quite happy... >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 6:55 PM, Stefan Andersson >>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> It's not any better in the Linux Camp. Everyone is moving towards >>>> tablet use. But what boggles me is that... how can the >>>> developers themselves stand it? >>>> >>>> On a side note. >>>> >>>> I've been using Linux for a long time now, but got fed up with crappy >>>> wacom drivers and the crippled paint applications. So... I've installed >>>> Windows7 on my workstation at home. And so far I'm really impressed with >>>> the speed and the response from the system. Softimage works a lot smoother >>>> on Windows7 than on CentOS 6.3. >>>> >>>> Anyhow, going to take a shower now since I feel quite dirty. >>>> >>>> And I think Windows 8 will be as Vista, a "side-note". They are already >>>> talking about Windows9. >>>> >>>> regards >>>> stefan >>>> >>>> >>>> On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 8:01 PM, Sylvain Lebeau <[email protected]>wrote: >>>> >>>>> this makes me think about Apple rumour to let go the dev on the mac >>>>> pros... >>>>> >>>>> Seem's everybody is going nuts on the mobile thing. And all >>>>> professional market get's ignored!! >>>>> >>>>> i wont be able to do Arnold render regions on my f-ing iphone!!!!! >>>>> wtf is going on with these guys!? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> sly >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> >>>>> *Sylvain Lebeau // SHED** >>>>> *V-P/Visual effects supervisor >>>>> 1410, RUE STANLEY, 11E ÉTAGE MONTRÉAL (QUÉBEC) H3A 1P8 >>>>> T 514 849-1555 F 514 849-5025 WWW.SHEDMTL.COM<http://www.shedmtl.com/>< >>>>> http://WWW.SHEDMTL.COM <http://www.shedmtl.com/>>**** >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Paul Griswold <[email protected]> >>>>> Friday, August 17, 2012 12:18 PM >>>>> My main Win 7 workstation has been really acting flaky lately. >>>>> Microsoft has just release Windows 8 RTM, so I was wondering if anyone >>>>> had >>>>> tested it out yet? >>>>> >>>>> I realize there are plenty of opinions on the whole Metro interface, >>>>> but I'm just wondering if it's stable and if Softimage will run under it. >>>>> >>>>> I need to take a weekend and reformat this machine & start over anyway. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> >>>>> Paul >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> stefan andersson - digital janitor - http://sanders3d.wordpress.com >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Andreas Byström >>> Lighting TD - Weta Digital >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> stefan andersson - digital janitor - http://sanders3d.wordpress.com >> > > > > -- > > Best Regards, > * Stephen P. 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