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Re:Google quits selling tablets by wlesieutre on Saturday June 02, 2018 @12:45AM (#17212772)
I switched from a Surface Pro 3 to an iPad Pro 9.7” and found Apple’s stylus to be much more accurate. It’s not a huge deal for roughly capturing handwriting, but the Surface’s Ntrig digitizer relies a lot on smoothing out strokes, if you try to draw a slow diagonal line you can see a ton of wobble as the stroke gets pulled around by the digitizer’s grid.

You lose out on having a full desktop OS when you need it, and not having an eraser on the back of the stylus is an adjustment, but it’s a fantastic device for writing and drawing. More recently they’ve brought the stylus support down to the entry level iPad, so if you have an Apple Store nearby I’d definitely recommend stopping by to try it out.

Re:Google quits selling tablets by criddell on Saturday June 02, 2018 @08:02AM (#17214171)
What software do you use on the iPad?
Re:Google quits selling tablets by wlesieutre on Saturday June 02, 2018 @09:03AM (#17214391)
OneNote mostly. The iOS version isn’t as full featured as the desktop one (it’s more in line with the Windows Store version), but it’s worked well for me. That’s where all my notes were when I switched so it seemed easiest to stick with it.

The built-in Notes app from Apple has also gotten more capable in iOS 11, and there are other options that I hear good things about but haven’t tried.

https://www.imore.com/best-notetaking-handwriting-apps-apple...

Procreate and Autodesk Sketchbook are both great for more powerful digital painting / drawing, I’m personally in the Procreate camp.

Re:Google quits selling tablets by criddell on Monday June 04, 2018 @10:36AM (#17228111)
I've been using Good Notes and the handwriting part of it is fantastic. The notebook management part of the app is somewhat weaker though and lately I've been thinking about trying something else.
Re:Google quits selling tablets by pier25 on Saturday June 02, 2018 @11:33AM (#17214980)
For sketching quick diagrams on meetings I love Linea.