I have been looking at the Intuos 2 by wacom myself..and posted questions regarding this in another forum. The responce I got was that a) it is a great investment b) to not get a larger pad unless you plan on doing wide arm movements across the face of the pad while you are working...so I changed my idea from a larger pad to a 4x5 one instead. Because I know when I am at the computer, I will only need wrist movements for what i do. (Unlike my oil painting...where I use my whole body..but thats another story) Though if you plan to trace over sketches you have done, then you may want a larger pad to work with. I doubt I would do much of that. Rawnrr Rawnrr