Wacom tablet

So about a year ago I was given a Wacom sketch tablet for Christmas. As a designer its one the greatest gift I have ever received . The tablet is not difficult to use but does take some time, I have a year with it and I'm still trying to get a feel for the mechanism. I do enjoy how the device is a plug an play, it quickly links up with adobe suit programs. When you connect the tablet it makes it great to sketch and save. The accuracy of the pen and the program can lag but that depends on your computer. The sketch tool feels like a regular pencil/ marker and the weight is as similar. I do have a problem with the size of the pad. I know I didn't get the pro but the other pad has a black rectangle that is 1/4 of the pad and limits the use of the pad. The portion of the pad is where the sensor picks up the pen, but I don't understand why we have to waist 1/4 part of the actual tablet. The sensors that pick up the pen are less then a quarter inch wide. The tablet is not to thick and it is  convenient to carry around. Although I lack the finances to purchases the professional tablet, I am well satisfied with the tablet and would highly recommend it to my colleagues.