INteresting thread. At work I wes using a 6x8" wacom and man was it nice. I needed a tablet for home urgently so I had do panic buy a cheap one. It is a AITEK hyper pen 4.5"x6". Its no where as nice as the wacom, but it is fairly usable still. They didnt have the 6"x8" in stock so I just bought this one. It was about 1/6th of the price of the equivalent wacom, and came with a mouse as well. This is all in New Zealand -LW