Not a MS fanboy anymore than Apple. I've got iPhones, Apple Watches, and an Apple TV in this house. Also, the hard drive in my wife's Surface Pro 4 just broke a week out of warranty, costing me a fortune to replace, so I'm salty on that right now. But the design of their Pen is definitely more practical... and it should be after 4 generations.
I agree that there are aspects of both that could combine to make one standout device. Not sure what changed from the surface 3 to 4 pen, but I used a surface 3 pen for a while. It was fine, but I ultimately like the feel of the pencil better (though maybe a little too slippery), along with better sensitivity, tilt, etc.
With the surface 4, have they fixed the jittery line issue when drawing slowly?
I feel that the Surface Studio is a Mac Pro competitor, not an iMac competitor. It might "take off" but at a starting price of $2999 it's a big ask.
If you're only comparing prices, then yes. But those devices aren't competitors.
Kind of wish Apple made a place for the pencil to go in the ipads like with the note.
I keep seeing this suggestion, but how would that actually work? The iPad is a very thin device, and the pencil is much thicker. I don't want some super thin stylus that would be awkward to use for long periods of time.
If it works on the current iPads and is somehow better than the current pencils consider me interested. I love mine (it lives in a sleeve with a magnet in) it gets a couple of hours use a night..
An increase in battery wouldn't go amiss, even though it doesn't take that long to charge already. I'd take side buttons over an eraser too.. I still don't understand the call for an eraser.. that's clunkier than using the eraser control in whatever app you're in. Unless it's going to be as precise as the front tip it's not worth it?
When working on a canvas that takes up the full screen, without button or menu overlays, it would be much easier to flip the pencil over to do some quick erasing. Having to exit full screen mode, switch to the eraser tool, then switch back to a brush tool, then enter full screen mode again gets annoying. It may not sound like a big deal, but it disrupts the workflow.
No it isn't, not for people who constantly use the Pencil for notes or drawing. And especially not considering the battery life of competing devices.
I'd certainly welcome a higher capacity battery if it doesn't affect size or weight, but I'm still trying to see the big issue here. Certainly these people who are constantly taking notes or drawing have to charge their devices at some point since I'm pretty sure they'll run out of power before a fully charged pencil, right?
pencil is weighted so it settles on a table, as long as it doesn't have too much tilt. It is a rather elegant piece of machinery. Aside from my previous concern with the charging adapter, that was my other fear (the round roly-poly aspect) that Apple solved.
