I had an Intuous for five years and loved everything about it. It died about four months ago and I bought an Aiptek, which I think has a working area of 8" wide by 6" high. I'll put it simply: I don't like it nearly as much and the moment my tax return comes back I'm forking up the bucks to get another Wacom. The Aiptek works well enough, except it seems very finiicky as to the pressure settings with the stylus. Oddly enough, the mouse works great and I find my self using it more than the stylus, which is the reason I have a tablet in the first place. A very annoying feature to me is the function keys across the top of the tablet. Most tablets have these and they come in handy enough and I do use them, except any - ANY! - use of the tablet near the top of the drawing area pops one of these function keys up. I have them set for repetitive tasks, i.e., opening certain programs, jumping to certain directories, etc. Their tech support SAYS you can turn them off but, even after detailed instructions, they still pop up. Not very desirable when drawing something or changing directories inside Poser. Another REALLY REALLY ANNOYING thing about the stylus is the contact point at the tip of the stylus seems to move or rotate around the stylus, e.g., you click on something and it works. Then, without moving my hand, clicking again, the stylus doesn't work. It took me a couple of weeks to realize I had to rotate the point of the pen to get it to work. Other than this, it works fine. I do think it will be the newest looking object in my own personal graveyard of discarded peripherals. LOL. Just my experience. HTH. Larry F