During my ugrad 2005-2008, I had a convertible tablet pc and took most of my class notes using it in tablet mode. But it had a Wacom pen and no distracting touch input. And when I needed a keyboard, I could just flip around and have a full laptop.<p>To me, modern tablets seem like toys, except maybe the Surface pro (expensive). I have a Samsung Galaxy Note 8 and barely use it. The screen is uncomfortably small for taking notes, and the note taking software is exceedingly basic compared to the 13-year-old Windows Journal (which is itself quite basic, like a notepad for pen-input, but powerful enough to take decent notes and making drawings).