Wait. Retina + more ram = much better experience.
I own a Mini and, surprisingly, its the lack of ram that really bites.
I am extremely pleased with my mini in the week that I have owned it. The Safari tabs reloading don't bother me.I keep tabs open in Safari that I visit every day and having them reload every time prevents me from having to reload them myself to see what is new on that page.
I think this iPad is an amazing thing.
Should I purchase the iPad mini now or should I wait for gen 2?
Buy it now and try it out. Take it back if you don't like it.
No one knows when the next one will be available. Walmart has the 16gb for $299. Run, don't walk as many many people love this little bugger.
I will say this about the iPad Mini, the battery life is FREAKIN amazing!
I've been cranking out music on this thing for basically the past seven hours and I haven't charged it since Saturday when I took it off the charger at 5PM to go to work. As you can see, it has not been plugged in since last charge because it doesn't say that.
Buy it now and try it out. Take it back if you don't like it.
No one knows when the next one will be available. Walmart has the 16gb for $299. Run, don't walk as many many people love this little bugger.
If you want it now, buy it now. If they add more RAM and up the resolution at year's end, throw the 1st gen up on eBay and pay the difference. That's my plan anyway. For the time being, I'm having a very good time using my iPad Mini for music creation.
the $299 price tag, is that for refurb? I checked the site and they're all priced at $330.
Edit: The refurb models are at $269 so I guess its not $300.