Cintiq pen vs. mouse debacle
I just scored a refurbished 21ux Cintiq for $1349. Yes $1349. The new Cintiq just came out a few week ago with 
double the sensitivity of the previous one and I assumed the price of the previous one would go down. I was right. I scored a refurb at$1349 and it came with a one year warranty. What a great deal.Typing on it right now.
Using a Cintiq home and at work causes you to depend on it at as your friend. Many times you hunch over it with your pen as others use a mouse all day. There comes a problem for me when I click over to word processing and web surfing tasks that I more familiar navigating with a mouse. The issue now come down to where you feel more comfortable using the pan or the mouse and sometimes whether how long you will be doing this such task.
These are some sketches I did to start brainstorming the problem. More to come. I gotta solve this issue.
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Great idea! I am always fumbling back and forth with the pen and the mouse.
Taylor Langhals
April 14, 2010
Don’t you wish you had that third arm you got rid of?
admin
April 15, 2010
Just shy of $1,400?? Wow! Makes my 12″ Cintiq for $1,000 look like a rip off.
Love the sketches. I’m looking forward to your progress on the problem.
Chris Owens
April 15, 2010
I have been waiting for the new 21″ to come to snatch up the old one.
admin
April 15, 2010
Wow congrats, I am so jealous.
I was very close to buying one on ebay for $1500 including shipping last week.
I figured they might fall in price a little more as ppl upgrade.
But I think your post may have single handedly upped demand 10 fold.
Love the blog btw!!
David Newbury
April 15, 2010
@David Thanks David. I saw that one on Ebay and instead googled refurbished Cintiq and found one here.
http://www.macmall.com/p/Wacom-Pointing-Devices/product~dpno~7972689~pdp.fjcjacj
Tom
April 16, 2010
I had someone asking to buy my 12″, so I hit Macmall with a little drool coming from my mouth, only to see that the 21″ refurbs are sold out.
Chris Owens
April 19, 2010
Dang! it looks like the deal at the MacMall is all sold out
Jeremy
April 20, 2010
Sold out already!
Tom
April 21, 2010
Just put my 18″ Cintiq up on Ebay. http://bit.ly/ciOoNV
Tom
April 28, 2010
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May 3, 2010
Is there anything in between? I’d like to at least try something out before I invest $1300 or more. I hate the mouse. I need something better for drawing / sketching, but I only want to pay $50 and plug it into my USB…
Erik
May 9, 2010