I just had a conversation with my girlfriend about how Intuos4's 2048 pressure levels makes Bamboo Pen & Touch (only 1024 pressure levels) seem such a waste of time and money. She's an extremely talented amateur illustrator who has been drawing with the trackpad for the last 5-6 years and she doesn't know that I've just bought her a Bamboo Pen & Touch S as a gift for her birthday. Only a few months ago she started experiencing on a tablet (Intuos4 Medium), so she's still fresh on this new direct manipulation paradigm.
How useful, precise and sensitive you think Wacom Bamboo Pen & Touch actually is? I know it's not as powerful as Intuos4 and I know all the advantages of the touch/trackpad, but how good it really is for people who want to make some drawings, some cool cartoons and fancy illustrations in Adobe Illustrator CS5? I'm not talking about advanced coloring techniques with rocket-science shadows, I'm just talking about cartoon-like drawings, some digital painting and sketches, etc.
