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You can get a decent little drawing tablet for $30 these days. You'd probably spend half of that in the cost of pens over the device's lifetime. They're no long

You can get a decent little drawing tablet for $30 these days. You'd probably spend half of that in the cost of pens over the device's lifetime. They're no longer ultra-expensive specialized equipment.

gibolt 6y ago
A stylus that works with your existing device (phone or laptop, assuming touchscreen) works as well. Plenty of cheap ones out there that work with most touch sensors
hoyd 6y ago
> You can get a decent little drawing tablet for $30 these days. You'd probably spend half of that in the cost of pens over the device's lifetime. They're no longer ultra-expensive specialized equipment. Can you suggest a model?
- jodrellblank 6y ago
  Not Wacom https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22247292 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22247292
  - joelellis 6y ago
    Well if you're on linux a second-hand one would be great, given you don't have their drivers (and you do have open ones). I have a Graphire3 6x8.
- Multicomp 6y ago
  Huion H620 is a 4:3 tablet that is old enough to be pretty cheap. Their 16:9 tablets are just fine at least when I get the $40-60 ones. Osu! Style drawing tablets are also a thing but they are small, maybe you want to spring for a slightly bigger tablet.
- CivBase 6y ago
  I got my wife an XP-PEN Deco01 V2 for $60 a couple months ago to help with teaching and it has been great. Not $30, but still very affordable.
Joeri 6y ago
Most people probably already have an ipad or android tablet. Drawing with your fingers is already far better than a mouse and a basic active pen like the logitech crayon is within anyone’s range who has an ipad. There are many clipboard sharing options to quickly push a cloud whiteboard from the laptop to the tablet. I don’t get why anyone would subject themselves to the pain of drawing with a mouse.
solidasparagus 6y ago
I do. I have an iPad and the Apple Pencil has made a huge difference for me, but I think its hard to expect everyone to have a device (even a cheap one) for that occasion when they want to contribute to the whiteboard.

gibolt 6y ago

A stylus that works with your existing device (phone or laptop, assuming touchscreen) works as well. Plenty of cheap ones out there that work with most touch sensors

hoyd 6y ago

> You can get a decent little drawing tablet for $30 these days. You'd probably spend half of that in the cost of pens over the device's lifetime. They're no longer ultra-expensive specialized equipment. Can you suggest a model?

jodrellblank 6y ago
Not Wacom https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22247292 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22247292
- joelellis 6y ago
  Well if you're on linux a second-hand one would be great, given you don't have their drivers (and you do have open ones). I have a Graphire3 6x8.
Multicomp 6y ago
Huion H620 is a 4:3 tablet that is old enough to be pretty cheap. Their 16:9 tablets are just fine at least when I get the $40-60 ones. Osu! Style drawing tablets are also a thing but they are small, maybe you want to spring for a slightly bigger tablet.
CivBase 6y ago
I got my wife an XP-PEN Deco01 V2 for $60 a couple months ago to help with teaching and it has been great. Not $30, but still very affordable.

Joeri 6y ago

Most people probably already have an ipad or android tablet. Drawing with your fingers is already far better than a mouse and a basic active pen like the logitech crayon is within anyone’s range who has an ipad. There are many clipboard sharing options to quickly push a cloud whiteboard from the laptop to the tablet. I don’t get why anyone would subject themselves to the pain of drawing with a mouse.

solidasparagus 6y ago

I do. I have an iPad and the Apple Pencil has made a huge difference for me, but I think its hard to expect everyone to have a device (even a cheap one) for that occasion when they want to contribute to the whiteboard.