^^^100% This The only solid answer you're gonna get is about the Principles of Design. Anything else is just personal preference...no solid answer in that perspective.
100% of my models have ngons, since basically forever. Never shipped a game without it! Only thing that matters is that is triangulates or smoothes correctly :)
Awesome, thanks for the replies. The price is definitely attractive, it's like £100 less than the Intuos, and if it's adequate for drawing/painting then it'll be fine. Thanks again.