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Re:Giving up the iPad-only travel dream by nicbou on Saturday August 26, 2023 @12:10AM (#37269869)
> Adobe suite, ClipStudio etc. are all there, in their actual, professional, full-blown version, and not some compromised "on the go" version

This is what made me sell the Surface. I wanted to replace a paper notebook I bring everywhere. What I got was tiny buttons, menus, and a save dialog every time I wanted to close the app. My drawings were not drawings in a sketchbook, but files I had to manually sort and access on a filesystem.

After spending a whole day installing updates and turning off ads and tracking, I couldn't just unwind and doodle. The Surface constantly reminded me that I was operating a computer, not drawing.

> ebooks

The in-browser reader is not a replacement for an offline book reader. This tablet is offline most of the time.

> obsidian

I want to write and doodle, not edit markdown files. Otherwise I'd have no use for a tablet. This tablet replaces a paper notebook.

Re:Giving up the iPad-only travel dream by 8note on Saturday August 26, 2023 @12:59AM (#37270067)
My surface is a whiteboarding tool.

https://apps.microsoft.com/store/detail/sketchpal/9MVT92NRF5...

Does a pretty good job

Re:Giving up the iPad-only travel dream by goosedragons on Saturday August 26, 2023 @06:21AM (#37271417)
Sketchable literally works on the "my drawings are a sketchbook" idea. Apps like CSP on iOS use the file save dialogs too.