Have a Intuos 2 -A4 oversize. Would you guys recommend a Intous 4 instead and I have the same question as cgicore: small or medium. Think I will go for medium if I upgrade since the larger tablets are a waste of space…
I had an A4 for many years and then got an A5 and wondered why I hadn’t switched earlier. I am actually producing better work now with the smaller tablet and am enjoying it more (was difficult finding space on my work surface for the A4).
I have always worked on an A4 tablet since 1999. I chose the big size because I’m working with two displays and want to access both with the tablet. The screenspace is projected proportionally to the tablet, meaning that the both 4:3 screen spaces add up to one 8:3 strip on the upper half of the tablet. That means that I’m effectively using only one forth of the A4 tablet (which equals A6) for every screen and the lower half is completely unused. Considering that, I would say that even A6 is big enough if you work on one single screen.
When the widescreen formats of Intuos 3 were introduced I encountered, that an A5 Wide tablet would be the ideal solution to my dual monitor setup. I wasn’t using the lower half of the A4 anyway and the widescreen format worked towards my 8:4 screen space.
That’s one of the reasons why I now chose an Intuos 4 Medium. It features enough space even for dual monitors and would work perfectly with a single widescreen monitor (which would be a good alternative for me instead of using two 4:3s). Additionally, it’s just small enough to pack it together with a notebook computer, which becomes more and more an option as performance even on the cheaper machines becomes better.
So, to put it in a nutshell, I would recommend the Intuos 4 Medium to most users.
Thank you for the answers regarding which size to choose. Medium sized seems to be the one then 
Great. Theyre probably going to discontinue all their replacement support for Intuos 3 now. Better stock up on replacement plastic overlays. Im sure the new ones are just different enough to be incompatible, and my 9x 12 intuos 3 doesnt need replacing any time soon.
Wacom is pretty good about keeping overlays for old tablets in stock. I just bought one for my Intuos2 4x5" tablet which has been out of production for years.
It must vary by size then, because when i called them a couple years ago for a new overlay for my 6x8 intuous 2, they suggested I go to the store and buy a piece of vellum and use an exacto knife to cut it as close as I could.
And now Ive got an even more expensive 9x12 Inutos 3 which wont need to be replaced any time soon, so ill be stocking up.
Thanks for your recomment.
I think Intuos 4 medium is good.
anybody upgraded from Intuous 3 to 4?.. how does it compare?
Salmongod by the look of things made with the 3 it wont get any better!
Now they can only bring it to rediculous sensivity levels.
Just like what they did with tvs over the last years… more and more
resolution. But at the same time movies get worse :lol:
Im a little pissed actually i bought a intuos 3 a5 wide from a friend for
230€ and now im seeing the intuos a5wide for 300 in the dearest shop here 
i guess 70 for a new generation and 2 years warranty wouldve been a
reason to get one… a what the heck intuos 3 looks better ^^
hi friends.
I wnat to bye an intous 4.
I have 22" samsung LCD.
I want to know (intous 4 M)a5 is good or (intous 4 L)a3
Please help me.
thanks:)
Got an Intuos 4 for Christmas last year and I have to admit, it totally ****ing blows for sculpting in ZBrush. I use the mouse 90% of the time because the tablet is un-workable. I’m using Win 7 64 bit. Before this I had an old Intuos 2 that was wonderful, but the interface just freaks the hell out with the new tablet. Sucks. I hate it.
anyone have a nice setup for the intuos4 with ZB4 ?
please share…
thx
there must be something seriously wrong with your tablet or drivers or whatever else.
got an Intuos 4 on win7 64bit and have no problems at all. works just as good as any other intuos I had.
I have been using the Intuos 2 for a while now, and have just ordered a Intuos4 medium. For anyone interested, I will be making a video review comparing both tablets using Zbrush 4, and Photoshop.
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Hello,
which Intuos is the right one to work with Zbrus 4 and cinema 4d, I guess
the Intuos4 Cad version isn’t the right one???
thanks
all you need is the regular Intuos 4.
yea the regular version would do pretty good
I just found a very good deal on an “Academic Intuos4 Medium Pen Tablet.” When you goto this site:
http://www.provantage.com/wacom-ptk640ac~7WACM19N.htm
Click “Add to cart”
I see the current price is $278.56!
I was concerned about the difference between the “Academic” vs “Regular” version of the device and found this discussion:
I’ve never made a purchase with Provantage so I took a look at thier track record:
http://www.resellerratings.com/store/PROVANTAGE_Corporation
I think I’ll take the plunge. Hope this helps anyone else looking to make the purchase.