Wacom's Intuos3
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I have an intuos 2 at work and a graphire3 at home... they're both very handy, and there's hardly any difference between them, aside from size.
The main differences are:
intuous has a matte serface for drawing... makes it feel more like paper and pencil... makes a scratchy sound while drawing and has a nice textural feeling to it.
Graphire is perfectly smooth and more like writing with a nice smooth ball-point pen.
I don't know about nib longevity but I'm betting it would last longer on the graphire.Intous drivers are far superior to the graphire. you get more options and customization with the intuous, but you might not find you need them... i use both in their default settings.
Intuous has tilt sensing... never really used it.
intuous has more presure levels, but I dont notice any difference between them.
though the intuous is -slightly-nicer to work with.all in all it's up to you... if you're a hot-key guy, then you'll be perfectly comfortable without all the extra bells and whistles on the intuous... as you'll most likely have a hand on the keyboard at all times anyways.
depending on how big your stroke lengh is when sketching, you may need a larger tablet.... Though i've heard of people getting the large wacoms only to find that it was TOO big.
final note: the wacom works with a mouse.. just put down the pen and grab your mouse when needed.