Agreed with adagio; Intuo is really only worth it if you're going to be doing stuff that requires extreme pressure sensitivity. The Graphire 2 is awesome. I do a lot of sketching & painting with it, and it works great; well over 100 hours on it (at least!), and it's still going strong.
512 points of pressure = *thumbs up* For painting and path selection, etc., 512 is much more than enough. ...heh, I have a friend who's in 4th year of art school, and she still uses an old 3x5" Graphire 1 that's god-knows-how-old, and it still suits her purpose. That's the nice thing with a reliable brand like Wacom; the product doesn't need to be cutting edge to produce quality results.
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