From my experience with tablets, Wacoms are the BEST! I don't currently have one, but I had a 4x5, that was way to small. So the 12x12 looks like a good deal for me, plus I do a lot of work in Illustrator and I don't think I could do most of my work on a 6x8, I write big as it is! Thanks for the tip Terri!!! It is much appreciated, I think I'm going to go ahead and get myself the 12x12 at the end of this month. Jared