Get a Livescribe pen and use it with One Note, EverNote, Google Docs, or other handwriting recognition software. The Livescribe software will index and let you search if your chicken scratch can be deciphered. (Mine is bad and it gets it right most of the time). And you can carry just a pad or notebook rather than a whole laptop. Pen's batteries last about a day (8 hours) while recording audio or longer if you're not.
Best thing is you'd also have an audio record of the meeting if you needed it.
No need to lock into Microsoft for anything. Livescribe is a superior solution to OneNote. And it's cross platform - Mac and PC. So you really are not locked into Microsoft. And that's a great thing.
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