S'not as bad as I thought it would be, actually. The smaller of the two is $1,000, and when you compare it to an intuos of equal size and a new monitor, the price ain't that much different. I think.
Good to know that you find it better, though! One day when I'm not broke I'll get one. And I'll name it Jakten.
...another question, though! How do dual monitors work with a cintiq? Absolute positioning would prevent you from doing it traditional mouse style, and obviously you can't just draw on a regular monitor... I guess you'd just set one of the buttons on the cintiq to change the active area to the other monitor?