To say honestly, I was absolutely satisfied with my Intuos3 and didn't plan to upgrade my tablet in next time, but my friend made amazing present to my birthday, and I couldn't stand up against it.

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• It works.
• It is beautiful and refined. Pleasant for eyes and hands tools are important for good work, so appearance of Intuos4 is positive point.
• Pen nibs and nib extractor are placed inside of pen holder. Great feature.
• The reminders for Express Keys (presented since M size of Intuos4) can be turned off. It is rare feauture, often devices are illuminated like Christmas tree, and this illumination for some reasons can't be removed.

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• The Key Panel is glossy. It looks fine, but gets smudged with fingerprints, especially around the Touch Ring, in very short time. And there is no cleaning tissue in the box.
• Because of its mirror design, the tablet takes more place on the table than Intuos3 of the same size.
• USB cable slot is on left (right). The slot can be opened at bottom or on top of tablet's side, but in both cases the cable makes an angle and takes more place on the work space. If the slot were placed a bit more centered, it could go to computer case or laptop straightly without excess windings. Intuos3 has USB cable slot on top, and the cable never let know about itself.

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• The work surface is different. In Intuos3 it was smooth and sleek, like glass, in Intuos4 it is more matt and rugged, like paper. Maybe it was made in order to give more realistic feeling while drawing, but it needs time to become accustomed. With Intuos3 I used stroke nib, in Intuos4 it is too firm and doesn't make feeling of work with brush. And the flex nib is a bit sticky and reminds more of eraser than of brush.

Tip for SAI.
The pen of Intuos4 can move too slow in SAI. It can be solved this way: go to Others -> Options -> Digitizer Support: Set Coordinate Mode as 'Mouse'and tune 'Drift' value how you need.

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