Hey Slinky!!! your wisdom is required...

bburgess, i use a WACOM "Intuos" (9x12) at the office and a smaller "Graphire2" at home.

If you use or plan on using Photoshop for anything more than basic color correction or applying filters to images, a pressure-sensitive tablet IS the way to go!!!

You'll find drawing with a stylus far more natural than using a mouse or trackball.

I love mine and would have a hard time adjusting back to a "block-of-wood" (mouse).

...it's like driving an automactic after years of driving a "stick", what do ya' do with your foot?? there ain't no clutch!!!

:)
retrocity