A late additional comment in case it helps anyone: my Intuos (1) is working happily under Win XP. I notice that current motherboards are dispensing with older input/output options but it seems that the serial port used by the Intuos is more likely to be provided than the old-style parallel port. I recently bought a Bamboo for its smaller area - excellent value and, of course, oh so convenient via USB or wireless.

I use my tablets with a variety of programs and as a mouse substitute. Does anyone know if Xara have improved their support for pressure-sensitivity? It's very limited in Xtreme 5.