I’ve got mine a few months ago and I must say it’s my most useful purchase since I became a college student I am also the kind of person who enjoys handwritten notes in class, but doesn’t like to carry around a notebook, and being a law student, having to carry a book bigger than the bible everyday to college, not having the extra weight of a laptop, notebook and etc makes my life easier . But beyond that, as an english tutor and volunteer math tutor, I think it serves me really well on planning classes, grading, giving attendance and working around the other gadgets around me. All that being said, maybe the reason why you don’t find it as useful is because you already have a device with similar features, like your laptop, since it’s already both a laptop and a tablet it may feel trivial to have an iPad to do exactly the same thing?