Writing in it is not as automatic as my prior tool (cheap notebook and fountain pen, or whatever pen is available). Also portrait/landscape doesn’t really work. But over time I got used to the experience and this part is adequate.
There’s a property of physical book where you can flip back to some point in the past. I find this doesn’t work as well with ring bound books anyway.
It doesn’t have the whole “sign the page” property but I haven’t been subject to that in years so not a problem for me.
But it has several benefits:
1. It automatically converts and indexes my handwriting so I can search (!) for a note or mentions of a thing.
2. I can carry all my notes and they are with me all the time. I can even look at them on my Mac though they aren’t “live”.
3. I can connect to zoom a second time from the iPad and share a picture, or draw something in my notebook that everyone can see, and then it’s saved.
It was worth the switch. I considered a ReMarkable and a Samsung tablet but am glad I sprang for the iPad. I have tried the others (friends have them) but this seems the best for me.
Note: don’t use the iPad for much else. Sometimes I read rss in bed before sleeping if the iPad is in the bedroom for some reason.