Hi Eric - pretty much the main way that MoI is optimized to work well with a tablet is by trying to make things work with simple left clicks and not requiring having to touch the keyboard to do basic things.

That avoids a lot of the problem areas that many apps can have when trying to run on something like a TabletPC for example where there actually isn't a keyboard at all.

Basically those kinds of things make MoI run a lot more smoothly on a tablet, but they also work fine with a mouse as well.

It's not so much that MoI works "better" with a tablet than it does with a mouse, it's more like MoI works equally as well with a tablet or a mouse, whereas most programs don't work as well with a tablet as they do with a mouse setup.

Does that make sense?

So if you are not already accustomed to using a pen tablet, there won't necessarily be a benefit for you to switch over.

A tablet though is really great for giving a much closer "feel" to drawing with a pen or pencil since you hold the stylus in the same way. So if you have spent a long time doing pen or pencil drawing, using a tablet can be a lot more familiar and nicer than a mouse.

However, if you have been spending quite a long time using a mouse it could actually not be comfortable for you at all though.

If you have done a lot of pen and pencil drawing previously it is absolutely worth trying out to see if it works well for you.

- Michael