Best Windows tablet for (handwritten) note taking and Office apps

elee@ulgm.org

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I am looking for a tablet to complement a Surface Book version 1. Main use will be OneNote for taking handwritten notes, web browsing, email, and some light Word & Excel.

My main priority:

#1 ... must be stable and quick to turn on and get to work. Nothing more frustrating to me than sitting down in a meeting and having to wait 30 seconds or more for my tablet to wake up and be ready to take notes!

Other
preferences (in order of importance):

  • Enough juice to last a 10+ hour day.
  • Good pen writing experience for notetaking.
  • Prefer larger screen size (12" +), but also not too heavy or unwieldy.
  • Keyboard that is easy to attach/detach.
  • Quiet (or no) fan.
  • Ability to use my existing Surface Pen (and other Surface accessories)

Surface Pro?
Surface Go?
Galaxy2?
Something else?

Thanks!!
 

HeyCori

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Only Windows on ARM devices have any instant-on functionality. And I'm not sure if any of those will work with existing Surface accessories.
 

Gayle Lynn

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I would look at Samsung Tab S4 or even if you can stomach iOS the iPad pro 12.9. I use okder S3 and IPP 10.5 along with Surface Go and Surface Laptop 2. Love the Note 9 stylus more than others.
 

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