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I will be dealing with 'Genius' tech-service to try to resolve, so we'll see how it pans out.. here is a copy of the initial email I sent them and I will update my review with the outcome:
Overall Review: 'I just bought the g-pen m609 and I have been trying unsuccessfully to set it up on vista business32 to use with May, Photoshop, Mudbox, UV Layout, and other design and 3D software packages.
No matter what I try, I am not able to set the 'pen offset' unless the pen is actually pressing (firmly) on the surface of the tablet, and the cursor will not follow the pen unless it is pressing on the surface of the tablet.. instead of when it is hovering just above the surface as it is supposed to.
The LED flashes correctly when it it is plugged in, but does not register the pen unless either the pen touches the tablet surface or one of the buttons on the pen are pressed.
I have tried several times to install, uninstall, and reinstall the driver.. both from the included CD and the most recent driver downloaded directly from your website. I've gone through all of the options on your 'technical support' page for this product. I have also tried replacing the battery in the pen..'
more late
Pros: Generally sleek and works ok in general.
Cons: Basically un-usable Mac drivers (More below). Pen is huge. Translucent surface cant be lifted to put a template underneath, so no reference card for the 26 function keys. Scroll wheels are the same - can't do 2 different functions. Uniblue software. Glossy border area has numerous marks from manufacturing, as there is no protective film on it.
Overall Review: The Mac drivers generally work for tablet functions, but you essentially cannot program the function keys to do anything except open an application. The Windows version you can have it map to any key or key combination, but not so with the Mac. In fact, if you remove the defaults like 'New', 'Open', 'Copy', etc there is no way to get them back (and no way to move them to another spot. Windows key mapper actually works very well. The Mac version is worse then useless.
I haven't decided if Im going to return it or just not use the function buttons.