Classic or mechanical pencil in 2022?

Short answer: speed matters.

Photo by Krzysztof Maksimiuk on Unsplash

Yes, as an Apple ecosystem person (that I’ve become over the years, it seems — but I still call myself an agnostic, haha), I do use a digital Apple Pencil from time to time…

Still, for fast sketching and diagramming, and even for just notes, I prefer my old-fashioned mechanical pencil — drawing and writing on real paper —…