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I've had lots of questions from places where this has popped up:
1. yes it is pressure sensitive
2. it only works where my wacom sensor is... basically that white block in the video.
3. i used the g4 because it has a broken motherboard and was virtually trash anyway. it only boots some of the time. Any laptop should work.
4. yes, it could be prettier. I know. I don't care.
5. yes writing on an lcd is bad for it. If it were to be used more often I would place a small plexiglass or lexan sheet over the screen.
There are many many people who want mac tablets. Also, many artists like to be able to draw directly on the screen. Wacom offers a product that does this, but it is $1,000 - $4,000 depending on size.
There is also a company that modifies mac laptops to be tablets here: modbook
While both are fantastic products and far superior to what I've made I can't afford either of those. So, I took an old mac laptop and a wacom intuos2 tablet and hacked them together. It was fun and serves its purpose well enough for me.
1. yes it is pressure sensitive
2. it only works where my wacom sensor is... basically that white block in the video.
3. i used the g4 because it has a broken motherboard and was virtually trash anyway. it only boots some of the time. Any laptop should work.
4. yes, it could be prettier. I know. I don't care.
5. yes writing on an lcd is bad for it. If it were to be used more often I would place a small plexiglass or lexan sheet over the screen.
There are many many people who want mac tablets. Also, many artists like to be able to draw directly on the screen. Wacom offers a product that does this, but it is $1,000 - $4,000 depending on size.
There is also a company that modifies mac laptops to be tablets here: modbook
While both are fantastic products and far superior to what I've made I can't afford either of those. So, I took an old mac laptop and a wacom intuos2 tablet and hacked them together. It was fun and serves its purpose well enough for me.
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Follow the diagram below.
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1. first remove the white casing. It is held by 4 allan screws.
2. Remove the metal shielding from the back of the panel, it is held by a few small screws.
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Well Im a disigner and actually I work in a G pen 450 the prize is very good cause are the first line, round prox the $45 dollars.
i was planning to buy one till i broke down and got an actual tablet. screens come in various sizes and can run from $50-$100 more or less.
some are even infrared requiring no touching at all, just gesturing in air.
Take it off it's stand and it's basically at Cintique size already, or mount it at an angle like a drawing board, and it's perfect!
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=7988281#post7988281
still looking for someone to do the metalworking!?
I even had to laugh at the fact that my ibook and your ibook both are held together with duct tape around the lcd bezzle. Hilarious.
first of all i use a A4 sized tablet so it will affect the entire screen. however the problem is that i get interference or something so the cursor jumps around.
ive ofcourse reallocated the cables and stuff behind the LCD as much as possible.
its this type of screen:
http://www.laptoprepair101.com/laptop/2007/02/03/repair-notebook-lcd-screen/
any tips?