I use both the Graphire and the Intuos daily -- the first at home and the second at work. The advantages of the Intuos are not enough for the average computer artist to justify buying it for themselves. Here's what the Graphire is lacking: 2048 levels of sensitivity (G has 1024 -- you'll never know the difference) Tip tilt awareness (who cares?) Row of programmable buttons (which don't work reliably) Big size (got me there, pardner, but I think it was intentional that the tablet's the size of a big mousepad) Buy the Graphire. It should have come stock with all new Macs.