I have an M2 iPad Air 11". It sits on my desk throughout the workday and usually acts as my little jukebox, streaming music to my headphones.
I bought the latest Apple Pencil with it, hoping to increase my hand written notes. I can’t really use it for work, but I’ve dabbled in handwritten journal entries and morning pages, and as a notepad here and there.
It never really stuck though. I’m left handed so while Goodnotes/Notability have good palm detection, they’re not always perfect. Even with the setting for where my palm rests toggled accurately. Plus, the thickness of the iPad meant starting a new line would involve hovering my left palm off the writing surface and kind of floating in mid air. I have it in one of those canvas folio/keyboard cases.
I was watching a Youtube video last week and the guy in the video took his iPad out of the case/folio before writing in it. I thought to myself “that can’t make that much difference, can it?”.
My iPad is roughly the same thickness as a paper note pad while sporting no case. MUCH more manageable and comfortable. I still write like a hook-wristed lefty who death grips the pencil like a primary student, but it works SO much better in this set up.
So yeah, if you’ve never used the Apple Pencil/No Case setup, I highly recommend.
Can’t believe it took me so long to figure this out.