How easy is it to use Adobe illustrator CS with a tablet PC?

Question

I am planning to buy a HP tablet PC and wondering how easy will it be to use Adobe illustrator CS using only the stylet pen and not using the keyboard.

Answer 1

I have a Bamboo Tablet and I guess it's just all about getting used to the tablet. I'd say majority of the time, if you are using anchor points and lets say, simple navigation throughout the screen, I'd use the mouse. But if you wanna do custom strokes or any type of affect, the pen tablet is pretty helpful even if your just drawing out simple letters or fonts. I use it on Adobe Photoshop when it comes down to just cartoons and all. But Yeah Like the person above me said, it just takes an adaptive learning to the tablet. The space given on the tablet and adjusting your drawing range to your spreadsheet on illustrator is a little akward, but it becomes 2nd hand once you scribble around  a few times. Hope this helped..

Answer 2

I think its more a case of just getting used to using a pen/tablet versus a mouse, especially if you are already familiar with Illustrator. Its pretty good in Photoshop for drawing paths, so should be in Illustrator as well.