Read this: Surface team gives awesome (but loquacious) answer about N-trig pen vs. Wacom

N-trig versus Wacom engineering science. For those who don't follow the ins and outs of mod smart pens for tablets, Wacom is considered to be the industry standard. N-trig, meanwhile, is the new child on the block and many professionals are skeptical that it tin be as good (or fifty-fifty improve) than Wacom. Since the Surface Pro 3 switched from Wacom to North-trig, quite a few artists take already dismissed the device without even trying it.

Over the weekend, Gabe from the spider web comicPenny Arcade gave his thoughts on the Surface Pro 3 and pen, and comes away impressed (he did take some other non-pen issues though). Now, the Surface team has taken to Reddit to answer some questions about evolution and choices they fabricated for the new Pro three, including one from a professional creative person asking near N-trig.

We're not going do the quondam 're-create paste' trick with this ane because the response from Surface squad member 'StevieB' (aka Steven Bathiche) is a jaw dropping 2,600 words for this one question. Simply nosotros will give you a sneak peek. For instance, StevieB takes on the divisive "256 pressure levels vs.1024" deviation between Due north-trig and Wacom, and this snippet from his response may surprise you:

"One tin claim absurd amounts of resolution 10,12,fourteen,sixteen bits.. whatever.. merely in the end even though system is spitting out a ten or 16 bit number does not mean there is a 10 or 16 bits worth of useful data there…"

Scandalous!

They say the devil is in the details, then if you're an Due north-trig pen skeptic, brand sure you go read this masterpiece of a response. It covers everything from the differences between active versus capacitive, accurateness, parallax, and yep, fifty-fifty the big kahuna of "256 pressure levels vs. 1024", all in glorious engineer-talk.

So doubters: go read the Surface team's response, come back and share your thoughts. Are they charlatans or have they convinced you? Practise you at least have a better understanding of why Microsoft chose N-trig?

Source: Reddit AMA

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