The Goods

Stroke of Genius

$999, direct
www.wacom.com
If you don't believe that digital retouching is better with a tablet and pen than with a mouse, then you haven't tried Wacom's Cintiq 12WX. Hot: Connect to your computer and work with the stylus directly on Cintiq's screen; keep both hands busy with the frame's ExpressKeys and Touch Strips to zoom, scroll, and use shortcuts; and enjoy great screen resolution and a pen with 1,024 levels of pressure sensitivity -- eraser included. Not: The 12.1-inch (diagonal) screen's a little small compared with Wacom's 20.1-inch Cintiq 20WSX. But, hey, the 12WX is half the price.