Wacom Tablet - Small or Medium?

[LMP]

In the spring I'm planning to upgrade my monitor to at least 1650x1050 although, I may go with a 1920x1080 either monitor between 21" and 23" (My 19" 1440x900 monitor is way too small! Not to mention it has way too much contrast) and buy an Intuos4.

So, I want to buy a Medium Intuos4 for $300. My girlfriend keeps pushing me to buy the small for $200, but I insist on the medium.

Should I stick with the medium? I intend to do some drawing, and texture painting with it. My GF who insist on the small, she's an animator, and wants a small one when I help build her a computer in the spring.

[graduisc]

i'd go for medium, going small can lead to hand cramps and lack space for strokes and all that.

[spurn]

dude it's like using the Inutos 4s at school, when we have the big Intuos 3s... get the medium and just budget something else less ha

[rburke]

i personally like the medium tablets more than the larger ones, the larger ones make me tired, and oh yeah one thing the school uses 4:3 tablets but widescreen monitors and imo it feels strange. I use the wide format intous3 and i love it goes perfect with my widescreen monitor. If you have a widescreen monitor id say get a 6x11 intous3 it will feel much more natural plus you get a lot of extra space for horizontal movement which makes up like 70 percent of the movement you do while computing.

[dabu]

the wide aspect wacom rocks. Ive used small medium and too large. the 6x 11 intuous 3 is perfect for me.

[Shawn Stewart]

I think the resolution plays a factor in deciding. I would recommend the medium for one monitor and large for dual monitors. I have noticed that with dual monitors and a larg sized tablet I am moving my hand just as little as with one monitor at school and the medium sized tablet.