I can recommend the Bamboo Connect, which only uses the pen for input, to those who are more comfortable with traditional mice than touchscreens or gesture-enabled trackpads. But to the rest of us, the $100 Capture or the $200 Create would be the better fit.

The Wacom Bamboo Connect is a low-priced drawing tablet that, sans eraser, feels artificially crippled when compared with the prior version.