I agree if it's touchscreen on laptop with no other form factor then it might be a gimmick. However, the ability to use a pen on my lenovo and later surface had

I agree if it's touchscreen on laptop with no other form factor then it might be a gimmick. However, the ability to use a pen on my lenovo and later surface had a huge impact on the way I did math throughout grad school. Essentially, it gave me unlimited scratch paper which was automatically stored, tagable and organizable.