SnowSultan, you're right about the levels of sensitivity, but the difference in precision is negligible to the user experience, even when retouching in Photoshop. I'm sure there are some people who would disagree, but I've yet to come across someone actually posting an opinion to that effect. The chief advantage that Intuos offers me is a larger size (for tracing) and the rarely-used function keys at the top of the pad. I favor the Graphire because it's intentionally designed to fit the footprint of the mouse pad it replaces. An Intuos assumes more about how dedicated the user is to building a workspace around it, which is fine at work and not at home. Remember, both devices now use the same driver/control panel (in both OSes) and feature the same precision controls, application-specific customization, etc.