Hi guys, this is my first time posting here. Glad to join Zbrush Central
I have been a 3D student for the past 4 years ( made a college degree and now I’m halfway through a bachelor degree ) and I’ve worked since then on a Intuos Pro Small. yes the small one.
Now the thing is, I wanted to upgrade to a display tablet for some time and since I don’t own a laptop to work outside of home or school, I decided that Id rather go with something portable that would accommodate both of my needs and would allow me to sculpt and draw on the go.
I’ve always wanted a cintiq companion but now the current one that wacom makes is the Mobile Studio (which looks so fun) so I’m torn between a that or a Surface Pro
So far I see that the Surface Pro 4 is
- more compact and portable
- way less expensive ( currently 1800 CAD$ vs 3300 CAD$ for the mobilesurface i want )
But the Wacom MobileSurface offers :
- the Express Keys ( which is big deal since they allow me to work without a keyboard )
- the Pen ( honestly, I just love the feel of their pen )
- The possibility to use it as a display tablet for my desktop pc ( I don’t know if you can with surface pro but I have doubts on how well it would work )
Id go without any doubts for the mobilestudio 13" screen, i7, 256Gb SSD, 16Gb RAM… if it wasn’t for the insane price of 3300 CAD$.
So I wondered if any of you guys uses a more ‘affordable’ model, like the i5 8Gb of Ram?
Because it would dramatically lower the price but at the same time, I have my doubts on using zbrush and photoshop on a daily basis on the ‘entry’ level model.
And does any of you guys has the surface pro? what are your thoughts? it looked like it gets the job done but is less ‘‘artist friendly’’ and more aimed at the large audience.
thanks, it’s a big amount of money so your opinions will be greatly appreciated