I found that with my original iPad. I sold it after a while as it wasn't getting much use. Just last year though I got an iPad Pro 9.7 with the Pencil. That's

I found that with my original iPad. I sold it after a while as it wasn't getting much use. Just last year though I got an iPad Pro 9.7 with the Pencil. That's been pretty game-changing for me as far as making these devices actually useful. Now it's like a journal/lab-book, with extra features, that I carry with me everywhere and make extensive notes in. It doesn't replace my laptop, it replaces my written notes. I still use the laptop extensively for my work that involves programming. However a lot of my work involves sketching diagrams and solving problems, work that I used to do on paper but now can do digitally.