I'm with the crowd that hated it at first and now can't live without it. I'm not sure what my hang-up was but I definitely recommend sticking with it and putting away your mouse for a while so you can really practice getting used to the pen. Once you get the hang of it I think you'll become totally attached! I have the graphire 4x5 right now but just ordered the Intuos3 6 x 8 today. Can't WAIT to get it!! I didn't seem to have a problem with the 4 x 5 size but happened to find the 6 x 8 at a great price so I decided if I was gonna switch to the intuos I might as well grab the larger size. If you need more info, I was just on the Wacom website and there was tons of great info there. HTH!

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