I use a Graphire 2. (4x5) With Win2k Pro and XP home.Installation is a breeze. Stability 100%. No problems. It has USB-attachment. Tools (included) are a wireless mouse (it doesn't have batteries either, it is a passive device - very convenient) and a graphic pen with an eraser cap. I use it with PS-Elements. The pen transmits pressure and can be used as any one of the PS-tools (pencil, brush, airbrush) in a very natural way. The eraser at the upper end of the pen is just that - draw something, turn the pen upside down and just erase your faults. After a while you handle the pen like its RW brethren. Positioning is handled in the following way: 1. the mouse shifts the cursor from the point you touch down on the pad and moves it into any direction ("relative positioning"). 2. the pen uses "absolute positioning", i.e. if you touch down on a certain point you can always return to that point as exact as you want. Both tools disengage the cursor when lifted more than, say 3-5 millimeters (sorry, 1/6 to 1/4 of an inch). Cursor movement resumes when the tools come within that distance to the tablet. The tablet has a transparent pad which can be lifted and a photo or a drawing can be inserted under it. So, to a degree, you can also do some tracing work. I sometimes use a small ruler and a rectangle for simple constructions (tangents etc.) That is, the Wacom tablet is a very good bargain for around $100. Willy