"Tablet PCs are old hat and they've got two problems that kept me away: Windows as the only Photoshop-capable, legal OS choice"

Where is it said that it is illegal to run Photoshop on a free and legal GNU/linux distribution using WINE ( http://www.winehq.org ) ? Furthermore, Photoshop is not the only program ever written that can be made more useful with a tablet style interface. I use GIMP ( http://gimp.org ), Inkscape ( http://inkscape.org ) and other apps that are pen friendly and pressure sensitive aware (not to mention Free as in GNU) to create art on an HP TC1100 tabletpc (which is a very portable device for artmaking though its not easy to draw on a moving vehicle such as a bus or train.) Cintiq looks interesting and I'm glad you are happy with it, but reading your post, I felt the necessity to point out some other options to our friends here.