Yes, Wacoms are a little pricey! Wildman, I couldnt possibly give you a straight answer on this since I havent been exposed to all the others but Im sure the competition is out there. My first tablet was a gift from my late brother. It was an Acecat II 5x5 and it cost $100 (USD) way back then. The hookup was a little cumbersome because it needed to be placed in sequence to your mouse like a dongle . So depending if your mouse was either serial or parallel ported you needed a connector to satisfy that condition. And I wasnt thoroughly impressed by it and decided I was too used to my mouse. But I still have it.

Im sure todays market allows for competition there you might be able to pick something up thats comparable and at a more reasonable price.

Message edited on: 04/20/2005 01:50