I'm sure a lot of digital artists out there wonder if the Cintiq is really worth the cost - it is one expensive piece of kit (especially for us Brits, who seem to pay through the nose for pretty much everything). It is certainly a nice piece of equipment, and having had it now for about a month I enjoy working with it. For me it makes some small improvements to using an Intuos Tablet, while throwing up some other problems too - took me a while to sort out and get used to the two monitor set up for example, oh, and Mac users need to go out and buy an extra piece of cabling. But is it £1300/£1500 more useful than an intuos? Nope. Not one bit. It is nice to paint onto your painting, sure, but not THAT nice. I reckon it is about £500 too expensive.