Wacom Tablet for Architecture

Hey, I'm an undergrad architecture student at the University of Texas at Austin and have found that using CS3 with a wacom is much easier than a mouse or trackpad.

we're using photoshop more and more and I am getting more and more tired of using a mouse.


I was wondering what kind of wacom tablet I should get for use in an Architecture project basis. We do a lot of erasing, refining, imposing images in one another and some other rather basic things. I'm sure as I move through our design sequence of 10 semesters it will get harder, but I was looking at getting one sooner rather than later so I don't have to deal with a mouse for much longer.

by the way, I'd be using it with a MBP 17" hi res screen 2.4 gHz, 4 GB standard RAM, and the rest is pretty standard.

thanks for your help.

thanks for your help, so quickly too!

is a Cintiq the one that puts the screen on the tablet?

It would be nice to have it on the tablet just for purposes of looking where I'm drawing instead of where it is on the screen, I'm not sure I could do that...hahaha.

Any suggestions on ones with the screen actually displayed in the tablet? Are there any alternative tablets that you would suggest over Wacom in this area? Especially cost wise...

thanks for y'alls help again.

alright awesome, so the cintiq is probably the way i should go...now i just have to save up the money and ask for the other half for a birthday gift!

thanks for all your help.

also, if I get the cintiq does that replace a monitor and i can like run a mac tower with just the tower, keyboard and wacom?

sounds cool