As been said above,it's up to your drawing style. I love my small 4x5 Wacom becuse of less hand movement,where my girlfriend(who is a painter)is lost with anything less than her 9x12. But one thing you need to think about also,is how much work space you have.While tablets come with a wireless optical mouse,they have to be used on the Wacom tablet.Switching back and forth(between pen and mouse) gets old real fast,and it's best to have your regular mouse and pad sitting next or close to it. Another thing is the 4x5 sells for $99.00,and comes bundeled with Photoshop Elements and Painter Classic. While Elements is a very basic image editor,Classic is a very,very striped version of Painter7.But because you are now a Painter owner...you can upgrade and buy the new Painter8 for $99.00(or less). Painter and a Wacom tablet is a very hard to beat combo! OK...I spent your $200.00..I feel better now. Have fun,SWAMP