It's something to get used to, but in my opinion, not a dealbreaker. So, I've found it a bit harder to keep my handwriting neat than I do on paper. Because of this, there is less friction between the pen and the screen than there is with the paper. However, the screen on the Surface is a lot more glossy than a paper notebook. As the pens are digital, they don't run out of ink.

The positives are that the eraser requires no friction, so you can very quickly correct mistakes. The actual writing experience itself has its positives and negatives. Plus, there's plenty of other benefits, such as being able to record audio as I write, turn written equations into graphs (very helpful in Math), take pictures and insert them directly into my notes, etc. I think that's probably the biggest benefit of OneNote not having to sift through a mountain of paper to find what you're looking for.

That's a big benefit for me, as in high school, I'd sometimes place my notes in the wrong folder, and then I'd waste so much time looking for those notes. If I've misplaced something, I can easily drag it into the right section. Organising notes is much easier on OneNote. I find the overall experience with writing my notes on my Surface to be better than on paper. You can set this OneNote page as the default template for a section so that all new pages in that section use the template. Below is a link to a OneNote document set up to this style as well as the picture used for the Cornell margins (in case anyone wants to change it for themselves). The grid lines can be swapped out to ruled if preferred. The left-hand margin is 2.5' away from the left-hand side of the page and the bottom margin is 2' away from the bottom of the page. I'm posting this to Reddit just in case anyone else is interested in using it. So, I created a Cornell template for OneNote that is purpose-built for handwriting. All the other templates on the internet seemed to be built with typing in mind. However, I couldn't find any good way of doing it in OneNote on my Surface tablet with handwriting. As a college student that has gone completely digital for my studies, I was looking for a way to use the Cornell method of note-taking, as that seems to be what people are recommending for lectures.

Microsoft office cornell notes template