Drawing Tablet

What would be the best drawing tablet for beginner artists? I'm gonna stick with a Wacom (the industry leader), but what is the recommended model for the best value?

The Wacom tables are the only ones I've seen. There are other crappy brands, but I wouldn't buy them if you are serious in getting into drawing.

http://www.wacom-europe.com/uk/products/intuos/index.asp Intuos3 is there profressional model.

Yeah I've looked at the Intuos models and seen they are a bit pricey (around $330) for me, but I'm not *that* serious about getting into drawing so I may go for a different model, the Graphire (still by Wacom).