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If it has a proper digitizer and if it's not _extremely_ expensive then it's an instant buy. The reason is OneNote. OneNote + ultraportability + high quality (a

If it has a proper digitizer and if it's not _extremely_ expensive then it's an instant buy. The reason is OneNote. OneNote + ultraportability + high quality (as every Surface so far) + digitizer = unique, killer product. At least for me.

bananas 13y ago
I thought this for a bit. Had a pile of shit (100+ notes) in OneNote on OneDrive and then suddenly WHAM half my notes disappeared out of the blue. Fortunately I had a backup but I'm not going to trust it again. If you're offline you're probably OK though. Gone back to a lab notebook and space pen for the mean time. Side issue: does anyone know where you can get decent lab notebooks in the UK - shipping them from the US is expensive?
- wlesieutre 13y ago
  > If you're offline you're probably OK though. Isn't the recent OneNote free version only able to work with the MS syncing? Copies coming with Office packs probably aren't limited that way (corporate users wouldn't take it), but your average Joe consumers are stuck.
  - bananas 13y ago
    That is correct. You don't have to sync if you paid for anything from Office 365 Home and above. However it bugs you constantly to do it and all the save dialogs in Office 2013+ promote saving to "The Cloud". It's terribly irritating.
    - tanzam75 13y ago
      > However it bugs you constantly to do it and all the save dialogs in Office 2013+ promote saving to "The Cloud". It's terribly irritating. File - Options, Save, Save to Computer by default.
lie07 13y ago
Me too.
SoapSeller 13y ago
I'm using ASUS VivoTab Note 8 for a couple weeks now and I'm very happy with it. It has proper(IIRC Wacom) digitizer and the Atom processor is is handling OneNote touch + web browsing quite well. The only let down is screen resolution(8" 1280x800), which could be higher, but the screen itself is quit good(IPS, OK visibility in full sunlight & etc)
jessriedel 13y ago
Do you consider an N-Trig digitizer to be proper? I've heard that some people prefer Wacom, but I haven't been able to discern a difference.
- sz4kerto 13y ago
  I am not a designer/graphic artist, I just need it for proper handwriting recognition and quick sketches of ER diagrams :)

bananas 13y ago

I thought this for a bit. Had a pile of shit (100+ notes) in OneNote on OneDrive and then suddenly WHAM half my notes disappeared out of the blue. Fortunately I had a backup but I'm not going to trust it again. If you're offline you're probably OK though. Gone back to a lab notebook and space pen for the mean time. Side issue: does anyone know where you can get decent lab notebooks in the UK - shipping them from the US is expensive?

wlesieutre 13y ago
> If you're offline you're probably OK though. Isn't the recent OneNote free version only able to work with the MS syncing? Copies coming with Office packs probably aren't limited that way (corporate users wouldn't take it), but your average Joe consumers are stuck.
- bananas 13y ago
  That is correct. You don't have to sync if you paid for anything from Office 365 Home and above. However it bugs you constantly to do it and all the save dialogs in Office 2013+ promote saving to "The Cloud". It's terribly irritating.
  - tanzam75 13y ago
    > However it bugs you constantly to do it and all the save dialogs in Office 2013+ promote saving to "The Cloud". It's terribly irritating. File - Options, Save, Save to Computer by default.

lie07 13y ago

Me too.

SoapSeller 13y ago

I'm using ASUS VivoTab Note 8 for a couple weeks now and I'm very happy with it. It has proper(IIRC Wacom) digitizer and the Atom processor is is handling OneNote touch + web browsing quite well. The only let down is screen resolution(8" 1280x800), which could be higher, but the screen itself is quit good(IPS, OK visibility in full sunlight & etc)

jessriedel 13y ago

Do you consider an N-Trig digitizer to be proper? I've heard that some people prefer Wacom, but I haven't been able to discern a difference.

sz4kerto 13y ago
I am not a designer/graphic artist, I just need it for proper handwriting recognition and quick sketches of ER diagrams :)