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One exception to that rule would be students. It's not exactly "office productivity", but OneNote with a stylus is heavenly for taking notes in-class. It's a sh

One exception to that rule would be students. It's not exactly "office productivity", but OneNote with a stylus is heavenly for taking notes in-class. It's a shame the RT didn't have stylus support, or I'd be all over it.

jlgreco 13y ago
Strictly speaking, does the ipad have stylus support either? I'm under the impression all styluses there are 3rd party ones designed to work on capacitive screens in general.
- olegbl 13y ago
  I think he meant compared to Surface PRO / Samsung Series 7 / etc, which have Wacom screens with remote-sensitivity, precise styluses and 32 pressure levels.
  - CrazedGeek 13y ago
    Yeah, that. The support on the Samsung ATIV Smart PC Pro was fantastic. (Shame I had to return it because of Wi-Fi problems.)
27182818284 13y ago
But nobody does this. Classrooms are still full of MacBooks and iPads. It is an assumption that sounds good on paper, but never materialized. If I had to guess why it is because generally your computer you're taking notes on is also a personal machine at college in the sense that you want to have fun with it. So when it comes down to fun with a little awkward notes or good note taking with awkward everything else the Mac products still win out.
- CrazedGeek 13y ago
  Classrooms are still full of MacBooks and iPads because the first modern tablets with active stylus support came out after the fall semester of last year started (meaning the yearly push for students to buy new computers hasn't happened yet) and Microsoft has done a completely terrible job of marketing them. Also, at least at my college, effectively no one takes notes with their laptops or iPads anyway. If they're out in class, it's for Facebook or something else totally unrelated to the class itself. Notes are still written down on good ol' paper.

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One exception to that rule would be students. It's not exactly "office productivity", but OneNote with a stylus is heavenly for taking notes in-class. It's a sh

by CrazedGeek 13y ago

jlgreco 13y ago
Strictly speaking, does the ipad have stylus support either? I'm under the impression all styluses there are 3rd party ones designed to work on capacitive screens in general.
- olegbl 13y ago
  I think he meant compared to Surface PRO / Samsung Series 7 / etc, which have Wacom screens with remote-sensitivity, precise styluses and 32 pressure levels.
  - CrazedGeek 13y ago
    Yeah, that. The support on the Samsung ATIV Smart PC Pro was fantastic. (Shame I had to return it because of Wi-Fi problems.)
27182818284 13y ago
But nobody does this. Classrooms are still full of MacBooks and iPads. It is an assumption that sounds good on paper, but never materialized. If I had to guess why it is because generally your computer you're taking notes on is also a personal machine at college in the sense that you want to have fun with it. So when it comes down to fun with a little awkward notes or good note taking with awkward everything else the Mac products still win out.
- CrazedGeek 13y ago
  Classrooms are still full of MacBooks and iPads because the first modern tablets with active stylus support came out after the fall semester of last year started (meaning the yearly push for students to buy new computers hasn't happened yet) and Microsoft has done a completely terrible job of marketing them. Also, at least at my college, effectively no one takes notes with their laptops or iPads anyway. If they're out in class, it's for Facebook or something else totally unrelated to the class itself. Notes are still written down on good ol' paper.