I got a 9x12 Intuos 3 last March and I don`t know how I ever got along without it.  If I remember right there are some pratice exercises to help get used to using it on the disks that came with it. You can try changeing the pen tips and sensitivity settings to get a different feel to it. I prefer using the grey tip myself. I started with a sensitivity setting that was low so I had to push down kind of hard to get used to using it, now I have it turned up so that I barely have to touch it.