Wacom Bamboo Drawing Tablet... Okay on Macbook Pro?

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Wacom Bamboo Drawing Tablet... Okay on Macbook Pro?

I am an aspiring graphic artist, and I recently began looking into what type of drawing tablet I should get. After some research, I have decided to get a Wacom Bamboo - Pen tablet, but I was wondering... Under the tablet's hardware requirements it lists "powered USB port." Do old-ish(2007) MacBook Pros have a powered USB port that could be used for the tablet?

17" MacBook Pro, 2.2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM, Mac OS X (10.5.8), Running Adobe CS3 and iWork 2008

Posted on May 19, 2010 9:30 PM

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Answer 1

TildeBee

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May 20, 2010 3:47 PM in response to kittymmeow

kitty --
My husband is running his 4-5 year old Wacom tablet (not a Bamboo, though)
off his keyboard USB port. It works fine, and he didn't think you'd have any problems at all.
It runs off his really old Mac mini, and his new iMac. Hope this helps.

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Answer 2

May 20, 2010 7:10 PM in response to kittymmeow

HI,

If this helps, I've had my Wacom Intuos tablet for 5 yrs. Ran off my iBookG4, the PBookG4, and runs off my Intel iMac (2008) with no problem.

MacBook Pros have a powered USB port that could be used for the tablet?

Yes.

When you attach a Wacom tablet to a Mac you then open System Preferences and select the Ink icon.

You can set your tablet prefs from there.

Wacom has top rate support on their site if you need help.

Carolyn 🙂

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Answer 3

May 20, 2010 7:27 PM in response to kittymmeow

Here are the tech specs for a MacBookPro.

http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shopmac/family/macbookpro?mco=OTY2ODExMA

Two USB 2.0 ports (up to 480 Mbps)

That will do the job.

🙂

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