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I've noticed a problem with my surface pro 3 that I have not been able to work around. When I draw a slow diagonal line, it comes out very wavy and jagged. If I quickly draw a diagonal, it seems ok. Has anyone else seen this, is there a fix for it? seems to happen in every application, so it strikes me as potential hardware.
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Artist here, recently bought my Surface Pro 3. Am LOVING it, however, there is one really important thing that could be an absolute deal breaker. When I draw diagonal lines in any program with the Pen, they come out very wavy, unless I draw them super fast. The SP3 is marketed as being a tool for artists, yet this basic necessity to draw diagonal lines is unavailable. Please let me know if you have also encountered this problem and if there is a solution.
Statment from N-Trig:
they are:
"looking into several paths to solve this issue but no conclusion yet.
Once, and if, a version to be made available, Microsoft will push this via windows update.
We suggest you to get updates directly from Microsoft as they are the ones to publish updates officially"
it sounds a bit like if they care as much as microsoft R&D and MVP's do ..... very professional by the way.
I have to say I'm surprised to see the limbo level here!
So there is only the customer left to care about a minimal quality, let's see what happens next...
I'm having problems with writting as well on OneNote. Sometimes the letters just look shaky and not so straight good looking. I notice that this problem doesn't occur as often in other programs that don't use the pressure sensitivity option.
I bought my SP3 a couple months ago to take notes in OneNote, as I have done for years on my X201t. I noticed fairly early on that something was off about my handwriting. It just seemed imprecise, like I was pushing around a little circle by bumping its edge and it would draw at its center. The handwriting felt wonky like that.
It wasn't until today that I tried drawing some straight diagonal lines slowly. I realized right away that the issue was severe and must be the cause for my weird handwriting.
Here's a 200% zoom of my writing "really small." You can see the letter 'a' in "really" is collapsed and blending into the 'l'. The 's' in "small" started off okay at the top, but the bottom half is mangled. I could (and did) regularly write at this scale on my X201t.
I've been using and loving OneNote since 2009. Getting my X201t in 2010 was revolutionary for me in terms of how I use a computer. I was so excited that MS was finally getting behind OneNote and stylus computing with the SP3, but I'm feeling so disappointed right now. I want to keep this tablet, but if this issue isn't resolved within two weeks, I'm going to sell it on Craigslist and switch back to my X201t.
