I've used intuous tablets in the past but now use Bamboo. I've found the Bamboo to be just as good for general usage, especially for the price. I think a lot of illustrators prefer the Intuos due to greater custom control of flow etc, so will depend on your day to day usage.
Just upgraded to the new Pen and Touch model with wireless adapter and it's great. The battery charge lasts about two days of normal use, and fully charges again via usb in about 3 hours, the touch pad works really well, which is great as Apple seem to want to make you use gestures for everything. The only niggle I have is it doesn't seem to support the swipe left/ right to go back and forward in browsers.