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iPad 2GB RAM in iPad Air 2. Where should I see the difference?
- Thread starter KittyKatta
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2-3 isn't crazy. As I've stated before, 9-10 tabs opened while playing a game while checking email while posting on a forum while editing a movie IS a tad crazy. It's a tablet, not a NASA certified server.
Just saying.
I found it noticeable compared to the air 1 immediately. Let's ignore safari for now ( even though that's improved as well). Do you ever use the side four finger gesture between apps? In situations like that for example, it's obvious that apps aren't needing to reload.
If you can't notice a difference you should have just stuck with what you had. For moderate to heavy iPad users the difference is apparent everywhere. The iPad Air 2 is a damn beast.
To the rest who don't get why safari tabs STILL can reload on an Air 2,it's due to the fact that no iOS device uses paging to the storage like a computer does. Everything done is TOTALLY contained within the RAM whereas a Mac will start using the hard disk as a sort of "temporary" RAM disk.
Cue the NBC " the moreeee you knowwwww" music.
To the rest who don't get why safari tabs STILL can reload on an Air 2,it's due to the fact that no iOS device uses paging to the storage like a computer does. Everything done is TOTALLY contained within the RAM whereas a Mac will start using the hard disk as a sort of "temporary" RAM disk.
Cue the NBC " the moreeee you knowwwww" music.
Same. 7-8 tabs is typical for me (and incidentally, I DO think that's the norm, not 2-3 tabs), and reloading is no longer an issue. At all. Curious how high I can go so I might try to push it a bit, but given my own personal usage pattern, I'm quite pleased with the RAM bump.
This is one of the times where I wish there was a down vote button on this forum.It CANT be? The 2GB of Ram was supposed to be the end all upgrade.
Guess *maybe* safari has something to do with it after all. Oops.
Seriously - for most users the tab reloading problem wasnt a problem on the Air 1 either since having 7-10 tabs opened and currently being actively used was NOT the norm at all. Neither is playing a high end game and deciding in the middle of it that you want to hit a website or whatever the heck people are doing.
Oy vey.
Ill grant you a Thumbs-Down for my post. Fair enough. No need to agree on everything around here. It gets boring.....
How is this supposed to help the OP?
He has an Air2 and cannot notice any difference from his previous iPad.
Do you have an answer to his question or are you too busy justifying your purchases?
It CANT be? The 2GB of Ram was supposed to be the end all upgrade.
Guess *maybe* safari has something to do with it after all. Oops.
Seriously - for most users the tab reloading problem wasnt a problem on the Air 1 either since having 7-10 tabs opened and currently being actively used was NOT the norm at all. Neither is playing a high end game and deciding in the middle of it that you want to hit a website or whatever the heck people are doing.
Oy vey.
If that was the symptoms of the issue I would agree. I couldn't even reliably keep one tab in memory with something like alien blue (reddit client). With the iPad air 2 I can do this and much more.
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I don't see now someone who upgraded from 1 to 2 wouldn't notice a significant difference. The two is much faster and the reload issue is for the most part gone.
