hello artist friends!

i consider myself a high-level casual artist and have been using my iPad Pro 12.9" since i bought it in 2022. during a medical treatment that generally leaves me with little to no mental clarity, i think i accidentally left my pencil there, but they never found it. in my search for another one, i found that any deals i could find on old lots would fall through. the one i bought had a completely fried li-on battery and would not jumpstart on my attempts. this, plus the complete lack of repairability, plus the planned obsolescence of all ipad and apple products really, really wears down my willingness to work with apple. i already dont like drawing on my iPad and find it ridiculous i have to spend $40 to buy the closest thing resembling a screen liner for an actual drawing pad. at home i own a Gaomon pen display, a relatively cheap one too, and i have always loved them over my iPad.

at this point i am considering selling my iPad to buy something more tailored to my interests. i saw that the movinkpad and movinkpro both use the pro pen but have compatibility with all off-brand pens as well. meaning, if i ever made a mistake like this again, the replacement wouldnt put me back $140. im impressed by what ive seen and i dont think competitors like XPPen are what im looking for. trouble is, since i had the 12.9" screen before, i feel like jumping down to an 11" screen would hinder me in many ways. this is why i feel a Movinkpro would be best for me, but the sheer price difference irks me in more ways than one. i suppose i could always return it if i don't like it, but i wanted to toss my scenario in here to see if anyone has experienced anything similar and wants to share.

do yall think the $600 price difference is warranted? what has your experience been like with iPads/Movinkpads?

(intuos S CTL-4100 driver version 6.4 10-3 Windows 11) hi my pen has started to have problems and skip lines and idk what to do I tried buying new pen nibs, checking clip studio paint, restarting my laptop, reinstalling the drivers to the newest and olders versions too but nothing works, sometimes the pen just starts working normally and I'm starting to think that maybe my pen is dying, any help? I tried to attach a video of the issue but for some reason my post is shadowbanned and tagged +18 for no reason