I have a Wacom 4x5 Intuos, and it really does make a lot of things easier, once you get the hang of it. At first I felt like a brain-damaged person going through rehab trying to use the bloody thing, but shortly it got to be second nature. I wish I'd have gotten the bigger one, (6x8, I think), but I couldn't quite convince myself to pay the extra bucks for it(plus, my girlfriend would have killed me if she knew what I paid for it) Good luck, 'Wolf