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Wacom Intuos4 Medium Pen Tablet  2009-12-03
Three years ago we reviewed Wacom’s Intuos3 Drawing Tablet and were overall very impressed with the product. Wacom recently introduced their Intuos4 series to replace the aging Intuos4. Today we’ll see if it can match up!

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