I have the Intuos 2 by Wacom and I would recommend it highly to anyone. If you have the pennies to do so...go with the bigger size as the extra room to move really makes a difference.
I've been making a concentrated effort to use mine since Laura V. told me to put my mouse in a drawer for a while <grin> and I'm finding that it becomes more intuitive to me every day. (I hated it at first...just HATED it and thought I'd wasted my money...be prepared to need time to get used to it!)
I have this on my Xmas list too but still have one concern. Do you still have the ease of the "thumb-click" back button that's on most "mice" these days?
Does it work with Photoshop cs ? because I noticed that it comes with elements I want to make sure you can use it with cs befor I even thought about buying one. Becky.
Works like a dream with CS....
I guess I'm the odd ball here cause I didn't have any trouble switching to the pen.
The precision you get with it is wonderful especially for selection tools.
Diann