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I can't seam to get a clear answer from Google.
My kids at college and needs a new laptop. I'm thinking a flip style 2 in 1 Chromebook (Lenovo IdeaPad Flexi). It's got a basic type touchscreen. Will a basic passive stylus pen be ok for digital note taking?
The Lenovo stylus for the Flex is only £22.99 - why not just get that? It will be supported, and has proper pressure sensitivity.
I was more wondering about is the type of screen suitable for note taking. It's not a active type screen like Surface.
My guess (based on input from my 3 girls who have all finished uni recently-ish) is that typing notes is better.
In my experience, most of the pens are not good for anything beyond some very short scribbles or annotating PDFs/diagrams/photos.
I have tried different types of passive pens and those ones with weird flying saucer ends as well as the first generation apple pencil and the surface pen.
The best by far has been the samsung s-pen. I currently use a galaxy tab active to take notes out on site and find the pen to be accurate and the sprung tip makes it much more comfortable to use. I hated the hard, tappy end of the apple pencil.
the software and screen for the palm rejection is also really important. On my surface, you have to try and hover your hand to write or the cursor jumps all over the screen
You could get a galaxy tab s7 on ebay with a keyboard and pen for a little bit more than a chromebook. The s8 or s9 look nice but pretty expensive
Thanks for the replies.
I'm still very much a pen in paper learner. But I can't speak for how the current gen do it. So if a keyboard is still the way then I'll have my kid think about it a bit more. They not I have never done digital note taking so it was just me trying to be progressive by suggesting it.