Why I buy this one ?
- Box Contents - Intuos3 6 x 8 pen tablet, Intuos3 Grip Pen, Intuos3 five button mouse, Pen stand, 1 stroke nib, 1 felt nib, 3 standard nibs, CD with Quick Start Guide, CD with tablet driver software for installation and DVD with valuable software
- Comes in a sophisticated, handsome black and gun metal gray color
- Pressure sensitivity - With 1,024 levels of pressure sensitivity, you can control your software tools by changing how hard you press the pen tip on the tablet. Using pressure sensitivity, you can dynamically control things like exposure, brush size, opacity, and more
- Strategically placed programmable ExpressKeys are chordable and can be used for mouse clicks, modifier keys, open/run applications, pop-up menus, and keyboard shortcuts
- Finger-sensitive Touch Strips allow you to quickly scroll, zoom, change brush size, and more

What our customer's say!

"Love it. Don't bundle software", I can't stress enough how great all the intuos3 products are. They are wonderful. I don't even use a mouse anymore and I've found myself looking for one to bring to work. ( I'm a graphic designer )

Anyway for those of you who don't have one yet at the very least do not use the option to buy photoshop elements with this product. It in fact comes bundled with it when I got mine. So that means free boys and girls. Don't pay money for something you already get for free.

Other than that.. Check out some tutorials on digital painting(youtube) if you want to be amazed. This is a great product.

"Excellent tablet", While this tablet is not cheap, I think it is well worth the money. I've been using a tablet for over 10 years and consider it an essential peripheral for any computer I own. I bought this tablet to replace an older model, and I can already tell that this new one offers improved performance. Driver installation is simple, and the tablet automatically recognizes its own accessories. It knows the difference between the mouse, grip pen and classic pen. Very cool!

I think this special edition is more attractive than the standard Intuos 3. The tablet is covered with a clear acrylic and the black portions have a metalflake appearance. The installed overlay sheet is opaque, coated with platinum grey. This kit includes extras such as the Classic Pen, the parts set for the grip pen, and an extra overlay. The extra overlay is transparent. The parts set includes lots of nibs and an additional rubber grip. The last lets you delete the side button. I don't know why one would want to do that, but Wacom gives you the option.

The tablet features 10 programmable buttons and a pair of electrostatic sliders. These are useful, but I deactivated one slider because it frequently reacted to my hand's movement while I was drawing. The bundled software is also useful. I had not had the opportunity to try Painter. Even in this reduced form, it is a credible paint program with layers and some entertaining brushes. I plan to experiment more. The package includes a version of Photoshop Elements, but I have not tried it.

These were available everywhere at this time last year, but they are vanishing. They are no longer shown on Wacom's site. So, if you're in the market for a fancy, new tablet that works as advertised, it might be wise to snag one of these before they're gone.

"Wacom Intuos 3 6x8", Wacom Intuos3 SE 6x8 - Special Edition This pen tablet is one of the best for visual artist, designers, photogrpahers and any one else who is tired of being tethered to a mouse. The Intuos3 gives you much more creativity and exacting freedon than you could get from a mouse. It is intuitive to learn, but there is also a learnig curve. The best way to get comfotable with this tablet is to put your mouse in a drawer and use the tablet excusively. The only downside is finding enough room on a crowded desk for this, slightly larger than a magazine, tablet.

"Wacom Intuos3", This was a gift for my husband, but I have been loving it myself. It came with great programs, like Adobe Photoshop and Corel Draw. It sits flat and doesn't take up much space on the desk, and it looks nice too!

"An amazing companion to Photoshop CS3", I never used a tablet before, and few reviews I had read said that it was hard to work with the pen looking at the screen. It just took a couple of days using it with Photoshop, Flash, Fireworks and video games to get used to using it instead of the mouse. I am still trying to improve my ability with the pen, but I am finding more and more, I can speed up my designs and get a little more accuracy and I am sure the more I use it the better I will get with it. I would definitely recommend the Wacom Intous 3 SE 6 x 8 for graphic design, and web design. I have a wide screen 20" monitor and it adapted to it quickly. The pressure sensitivity is a real helpful feature, by using increased pressure to make lines wider, or less pressure to make thin lines. Can't do that with a mouse. And being able to flip pen to erase is a feature I have used a lot for photo & graphic editing, it is so quick and easy. If the Special Edition is still available when you go to buy, it can add addition savings in the long run.