Wacom Bamboo Fun Tablet Review

Installation & Setup

The software box that comes inside the square black box contains a Quick Start Guide, an installation CD, and a software DVD, as shown in Figure 4.

Figure 4: The included software.

Installation is easy. You simply follow the instructions, which tell you to plug the USB cable into the tablet’s port and then into your computer. The USB port is found on the top of the tablet (shown in Figure 5). After that, you install the drivers from the installation disk. You will note that many devices want you to install the software before you plug in the device, so this set up was a bit out of the ordinary. However, we followed the directions and everything worked perfectly. The instructions also indicated that you should turn off your antivirus software before installation. We were happy to see a reminder to turn it back on at the end of the installation directions.

Figure 5: The top of the tablet.

After installation you can go to the Control Panel and change the tablet properties if you like. Some of the options are shown in Figure 6. Although much is customizable, we suggest that you start using the tablet with the default settings and make adjustments as you get used to using the tablet.

Figure 6: The Pen Tablet Properties.