I tried all four devices this weekend in various combinations. For detail work on textures and such in Photoshop the Wacom G III was elegant in its opperation. Amazingly natural tool.

For Poser though I found the MX 510 gaming mouse was the most efficient for my use as my hands shake as a side effect of taking a lot of prescription medication. I found the speed and accuracy of the MX 510 in accessing the dials quickly is an emmense help, indeed a relief.

The track ball mice although dexterious in dual axis adjustments wasn't speedy enough in innitially sellecting the dials and joints I wished to adjust. Again my shaky hands played a big part in this.

In PhotoShop the Wacom is excellent and I like the small work surface as I can access the whole desktop in pen mode very accuratly. Zooming in deep I can elleviate my disability with the tremers. And the sesitivity adjustments are wonderful for subtle transitions once I got the hang of all its adjustments. As for the mouse provided with the G3; it is quite servicable but it pales in comparison to the fluid performace of the Logitech MX510.

I appreciate everyones help here and on other forums. It made this process much easier, and less stressful. Now I have some fun tools/toys to play with.

Message edited on: 12/06/2004 03:02

While I was at the Tacoma Mall this afternoon I snagged a Wacom Graphire3 as well as a Logitech Marble Mouse and a Logitech Trackman Wheel mouse. These were suggested on another forum as well. So I will have all three to try this weekend, (4 if we count the mouse that came with the G3) or even over the next couple weeks. When paying cash the return policies at CompUsa are quite liberal. If I learn anything interesting from all this I will be sure to post it here. Again thanks for the idea.

Interesting idea. I am posting in a few forums and appreciate all the help. A rollorball mouse can be bought locally and returned if I don't like it. Thanks for this idea.

I use Spybot about once a month myself. My system always runs a bit faster afterwards and in general. I have come to the conclusion that no one, program will kill and immunize a PC especially if you are connected to a broadband connection all the time. Staying clear of IE does help too. I use Maxthon as a browser although the new Firefox from Mozilla is awesome too. All of these can be found at www.download.com and www.zdnet.com . I may be wrong but it seems to me that we have to live with a compromise of some of this spyware junk being active just as small viruses are always attacking our human immune systems, but few actually couse more than a sneeze.

Message edited on: 12/03/2004 13:21