So, I just got back from trying out SP3 today at the MS Store. It's everything it has been touted to be by most reviewers. The only thing that I wanted to check out first and foremost was the Pen responsiveness, the kickstand and the weight of the tablet. All were good in my book. I put the kickstand down all the way to 150 degree angle and put more pressure on that while drawing just to see how stable it was. It held up very well. There was no wobbling of any kind. I thought it would have some give. It's firm. The tablet is frickin' light. As for the Pen, I started in OneNote and there was no pressure sensitivity, which I wasn't expecting anyway.

Writing/drawing in OneNote was very responsive. It was immediate. And yes, it actually felt like you were writing on paper. I don't know if it was the Gorilla Glass or the Pen nib, but there was a tiny bit of friction to help sell the idea of actually writing on the tablet. So, with no pressure in OneNote, I switched to Fresh Paint. I'm still not a fan of the program, but it's all they have on SP3 that comes pre-installed and for testing out the pressure, it did an amazing job. I was able to get varying degrees of shading from extremely light, small lines to dark, fat lines. I did draw in Landscape mode and specifically targeted the Start Button on the right bevel. I also purposely added extra weight and drag to see if it would kick me out of the program and back to the desktop. It never did. They didn't have Photoshop installed, which I knew they wouldn't. Would have been nice to test it out on that program specifically.

With that said, I will still wait beyond the initial release date of June 20. For me, it's imperative that Corel Painter works and works to the industry standard. It's the program that I want to use on the go. So, I will wait a few weeks and give people time to test it out and see what kind of pressure level they can get (when drivers are released that is). If it's a success and people give a glowing recommendation on it, I will easily pick up the i5 256gb 8 RAM version. Now it's just a waiting game for me............