Drivers were fine, little to none jitter, good pressure sensitivity. The windows software for calibration was ugly but completely functional, you could set the sensitive area (great for widescreen), define hotspots etc. You could even set it to a "mouse mode" (relative movement) and play FPS games with it :)
Wacoms over here used to cost up to 20x as much (>$500). This made the DigiPro ones the no-brainers. At the time tablets were not common at all due to high prices. They still sell the exact same model for bargain prices, but intuos/bamboo have fallen to the $100-200 range.
Hehe, FPS was actually the first thing I remember thinking when I used a Graphire– I remember wishing there was some zero latency Cintiq type thing so that Counter Strike could become digital Whack-a-Mole.
I was actually looking for a Bamboo this Christmas... tried it, realized it was kinda crappy, then decided to give the UC-L another chance. I'm beyond pleased! The thing is most people I know working in illustration or design just deal with the cost of the Wacom, since we already spend so much on regular media! Hopefully a few of them will try mine out and see what we've all been missing.
Wacoms over here used to cost up to 20x as much (>$500). This made the DigiPro ones the no-brainers. At the time tablets were not common at all due to high prices. They still sell the exact same model for bargain prices, but intuos/bamboo have fallen to the $100-200 range.