Genius MousePen 8 x 6 USB Graphic Tablet with Wireless Mouse

Cons: Not for professionals, batteries within the pen itself might get annoying, but nothing too major

Pros: Cheap, great for learning how to use a tablet... quality is pretty good, seems responsive everywhere on the tablet...

Cons: None so far - works as described.

Pros: Nice size tablet to work on, mouse works great, so does the pen, very easy to set up, driver CD is ideal for someone with an older laptop / PC.

Cons: placement of the barrel buttons sometimes makes them get pressed by accident, but that's not a big deal if they aren't programmed.

Pros: It's very easy to set up, the table immediately gets recognized when i plug it in, all of the functions they say it has work properly. I can access all levels of pressure after tweaking pressure sensitivity. The hot buttons and the buttons on the pen barrel can be programmed to do whatever I want. Surface area is HUGE. Since i have small hands and use shorter strokes, I can make the surface area smaller.A single AAA battery from the dollar store lasts about 100 hours of use, since I don't use it every waking minute, this is a pretty good rate.Very, very inexpensive, this tablet is SO a better investment for the amateur digital artist.

Cons: * Mouse and pen both need batteries, which makes the whole thing seem really cheap.* Now this is the bad part. The pen is AWFUL. Yeah you have 1024 levels of pressure, but try to get to the last one. You have to literally push down with your whole hand to get thicker pressure. Otherwise, if you draw or write like a normal person you'll only be getting 10 - 20% of the actual pressure so it's pointless. And when you push down, it feels like the pen's going to break.* The mouse is a piece of junk. It looks like a toy. It's so small that you think it'll get lost. And, everytime you leave it for a few minutes it goes into idle mode to save the battery life, so EVERYTIME you get up and get a snack or something the thing idles, which you have to click and sometimes you'll click something on your screen by accident and it'll close your browser or IM window or such. It's really irritating.

Pros: Got this thing on Newegg because it looked like a great deal. 1024 levels of pressure and 2000 LPI resolution on an 8x6 surface for under $100!? WOW! But, as soon as I started to use it I felt like I should've just saved that money and put it into a real tablet.The only real pros are as follows.* The tablet looks great. I mean, it just looks awesome sitting there by your monitor. It really compliments anything on your desk. * It does not budge at all. This is great if you've got your cat running around and stepping all over, it won't be a problem.* The area is huge. Once you install the drivers for it off the website, go into the configuration and turn off all those hot buttons around the edges. They're pointless, and doing that will give you the optimum space.

Cons: Some of the technical comments about the lack of a manual and the mouse being small are correct, but not deal killers. If you look, there is a dot on the pen that must be pressed to remove the battery; and, the mouse is small because it operates in the relatively small space of the drawing tablet.

Pros: I bought this for my daughter several months ago and it installed properly and has worked flawlessly. She works with Photoshop CS3 and has created some stunning drawings with this that were impossible with a mouse. I consider this an excellent learning investment before graduating to a more expensive tool.

Cons: -- crashes my laptop (Dell Inspiron 9300 running XP with all service packs installed) on startup, every time. I have to start up my workstation, then plug the tablet in. I have downloaded all current drivers as well, but the problem persists.-- the mouse blows; it has a scroll "rocker switch", not a scroll wheel. You can't "throw" a scrollbar to the top or bottom of the page, you have to hold the scrollswitch down and wait for the default scrolling to get you there. Lame.-- buttons on the barrel work 75% of the time. Do you have a workflow that requires you to click on things? This product might not be right for you.-- Pen sensitivity seems iffy and inconsistent. When using photoshop, brushes with hardness turned way down will sometimes produce a really hard, thin line when I'm drawing lightly-- isn't that the opposite effect I'm looking for?

Pros: -- It works; there is a pen, and a mouse, and a tablet, and when I combine them with movement there is input.-- easy to configure your live area, button mapping, etc.-- really cheap!

Cons: n/a

Pros: n/a

Cons: No directions on installing batteries, and by the time you figure it out, you could have broken the pen. DO NOT TAKE OFF THE TIP PORTION OF THE PEN, the battery does come off the back end, It comes off trust me. Pen needing batteries isnt so bad, but the tip is a little flimsy. Website provides little help and manual provides little help.

Pros: Cheap. Large area to draw on. Was purchased from newegg. I had no issue with software w/ Vista.

Cons: Cheaply made

Pros: $$Price$$ works great, lightweight and very flat

Cons: Nothing.

Pros: You get so much space, and a lot of sensitivity, for such a little price. It's an amazing tablet, perfect for what I want to do. I definitely recommend it.

Cons: Wishes for a bigger manual, and to show to change the batteries in the pen.

Pros: great tablet. Does everything i want it to do.

Cons: The pen/mouse are sensitive which can be turned down in the settings, but is a little hard to locate. We had to tell it to not update online for drivers because we did not wish to go thru installation difficulties.

Pros: Bought this for my artistic daughter. It took her some time to get used to this item. We installed only from the CD as other reviews suggested and works great. Would recommend this.

Cons: not exactly like paper. if you draw fast there is a noticable lag.

Pros: i can draw on my pc, pressure changes line thickness, cool, pretty big area for th emoney

Cons: Trouble with a widescreen monitor. Calibration is impossible or really difficult as I haven't found a way to yet. This puts a damper on my use of it.

Pros: This thing works like a charm. Just never had the patience to completely set it up. (See Cons section as to why.)

Cons: Doesn't have eraser on top, requires a battery, not a walcom tablet so don't expect the surface to be super smooth, it's kinda scratchy,

Pros: Great Sensitivity, Great Price, Works well with Photoshop and Avid media composer. Hot keys are nice but I disable them to take advantage of all the tablet.

Cons: none really.

Pros: Great tablet, excellent battery life in the pen and mouse both.

Cons: Unfortunately, after installing the software a warning came up to check for updates(which we did) We are running Vista home Premium on a Dell XPS 410. It crashed the system throwing it into repair mode which did not work on restore. Had to use Norton restore disc to restore system. Tried installing it a second time and same thing happened. Installed it on a new Gateway DX4710 running Vista Home Premium. Units, pen and mouse did not work. Cetainly not worth the trouble. Lost $11.00 return shipping to NewEgg. Whatever genius designed this Genius Tablet unit must've done it on a bad defunk Monday.

Pros: The size of the tablet is great.

Cons: Its kinda hard to get used to the pen when you first start out, but with about an hour or two of practice there really isn't anything to it.

Pros: Very nice and cheap tablet. I would recommend this product to anyone, especially if they are just starting out using programs like PhotoShop or Gimp, if they want a very sensitive tablet to do more detailed and more unique work, and/or if they don't have much money. Another cool feature is the hot keys, but if you don't want or like them than you can turn them off.

Cons: There really isn't much cons for me. The Wacom wireless mouse of my first tablet was a lot better then this one, but really does anybody honestly buy tablets for the mouse?No.

Pros: I had a wacom back in college for graphic design and comparing the two this is overall the better tablet. The area is bigger for the price your getting, I like the pen, and the hot buttons are a nice touch (if you don't like that sort of thing you can disable it of course).

Cons: Software is poor and downloading new drivers from the net is next to impossible. Keep your CD! Manual is only about 2 pages long. Get too ambitious with the settings and you'll need to re-install the tablet. Reacts strangely when my wireless mouse is near it (not the included mouse). The included mouse is pretty terrible, but honestly, I didn't get this for the mouse. No replacement stylus tips. The side buttons on the stylus are too sensitive, but they can also be disabled in the settings if you choose to.

Pros: The sensitivity is actually really good. If you dont want to use the hot buttons, they can be disabled in the options and that space will become part of the active area of the tablet. Price is astoundingly low. I actually like the stylus. Weighted nicely. It works fine with NiMH rechargeable batteries. Comes with trial versions of Corel Painter X and Photoshop CS3. Transparent surface of active area can have drawings placed beneath it for tracing purposes.