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Another +1 for Wacom.
Tablets are fantastic, I haven't used a mouse for about 8 years! less RSI and you're not always searching for your cursor on screen as you develop a kinesthetic memory of where the cursor is based on where your hand/arm is. I can navigate some areas of my desktop at work literally with my eyes closed!
Make sure you use absolute (pen) mode not relative (mouse) mode, I know a few people who have hated their first tablet because they tried to use it like a mouse and not a tablet. Also give yourself a couple of weeks to get used to it, it will take you a while to get as confident with it as you are with as mouse.
The Bamboo tablets are fine but if you can afford it go for an Intuos. Even a good second hand Intuos 2 will make you happier than the latest Bamboo.
Also I wouldn't worry about the aspect of the tablet matching your screen unless you plan on tracing stuff. I find it's better to minimise the amount you have to move your hand side to side but I guess it depends on the size of your tablet. For example at work I have 2 16x10 monitors so an aspect of 16x5 (32x10) and I use a 6x11" 16x9 Intuos 3 which feels fine. At home I use a 6x8" Intuos 3 with a 16x10 monitor and it also feels fine. I also have a small 16x9 Bamboo tablet that I use with my 16x9 laptop and it too is fine.
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