[john70t]

thx sm. I didn't know some of those were made. That is a huge start.

The Wacom is reviewed to be the best, has a good pen on the higher models, and a bumpy screen which provides tactile feedback.
-Their Companion2 is also a full portable PC which rationalizes the price somewhat.
(heck I remember when even the cheapest of the laptops started out at 2 grand and how many $10 100MB Iomega disks did I buy back then).
-There were some complaints about heat spots and the charging plug on that, and a USB port held together by solder on the Intuos pad. I try to be careful but stuff happens.

I gotta do some more thinking on this and see if there is even room. It's easy to go overboard in the toys department while I'm supposed to be trying to minimize.