For those of you who keep up with my blog, here is the promised review of the DigiPro T-6000U 6×4.5″ USB Graphics Tablet. I wrote a tutorial on how to install this on Ubuntu because I had such a hard time finding the correct information when I went to install it, and said I would follow it up with a review. (You can read that tutorial here).

The DigiPro T-6000U USB Graphics Tablet provides an easy way to draw, sketch, hand write an email, annotate documents, edit digital photos and make an electronic presentation! This DigiPro T-6000U features a 6 x 4.5-inch working area, 12 macro keys, USB 1.1 interface and comes with a stylus pen that features 512 levels of pressure sensitivity. In addition, a 3-button cordless mouse is included for smooth, accurate tracking! The DigiPro T-6000U comes with Power Presenter RE, Office Ink & Free Notes software to make handwriting, drawing and presentations quick and simple!

OK, OK, I’ll do the rest of the technical stuff later most of you are just wanting to know does it compare to a Wacom, and the answer is yes. I have used both Wacom tablets and this DigiPro tablet is comparable to the Wacom tablets at least when used with Ubuntu. When I first bought this thing I hooked it up to my main box that I use for development work, I keep a fresh install of the latest Ubuntu on this box by the way, after the long road of trying to get the drivers installed (my only grip by the way but it is not tablets fault because once I got the right drivers it worked flawlessly, I would like to see these drivers included on the cd or at the least tell us this tablet uses Aiptek chipset), I opened up GIMP and began sketching away and was surprised. For those who have used Wacom tablets you are used to the heavy price included with using them, but I am here to tell you if you are like me and are on a budget the DigiPro is the way to go, no regrets at all from me. I took a chance on this tablet because of its price and at the time I bought it I paid $35.99 for the tablet, shipping and tax. You can’t beat that price and still get a quality tablet.

Now the negative stuff. For me anyway, I don’t use the macro keys and think they are a waste of space and I also think they could get in the way (accidentally getting triggered when using GIMP or other software especially when trying to close a window ), I would leave them disabled in Ubuntu and disable them on Windows, but I know somebody out there will or can find a use for them. So after having lots of success using this tablet on my Ubuntu system, I decided to install this guys on a windows installation and I wish I had just stuck to the Ubuntu install and never ventured over to windows with it. On the Windows installation I noticed significant lag and was almost sick at my stomach. I thought to my self and then I said wait maybe something is configured incorrect so I tried to fix the settings but to no avail. It did not take long to realize that this tablet is no going to have the same success on my Windows box that it had on my Linux box and what a disappointment that is, Windows fails again.

In short if you are going to use this on Linux then go ahead and purchase the guy right now, if you are going to be using Windows then be careful, you may not like the lag you are possibly going to encounter (It is a Windows problem not a hardware issue).

Enjoy and Have a Good’n!