Indeed, I bought it and it has never let me down. There will always be a better one in the future, but then, you can also wait until you die. The iPad4 was not a lot better, it was the iPad Air that made the difference. And the Air2 was even better, that's the one I'm using now. 2 1/2 years old and still a joy to use.
Got a tip for us?
Let us know
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.
Apple to Classify Third-Generation iPad as Obsolete Later This Month
- Thread starter MacRumors
- Start date
- Sort by reaction score
It was made obsolete ALONG WITH the iPad Series 4 WHEN IOS 11.0 was NOT made available for it.
Why? Because Apple does not port software fixes to older releases of code. After every major IOS release, Apple updates whole slews of CVEs covering the PRIOR IOS releases, effectively making them published Swiss cheese. Now I will admit, Apple’s general ability to upgrade IOS is great compared to Android BUT they could be a lot more transparent and learn from a company like Cisco.
Now Cisco is not perfect but they are at least VERY transparent about how they EOL hardware, software and when security fixes end.
https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/eos-eol-policy.html
This is the one space where I am very disappointed in Apple.
Why? Because Apple does not port software fixes to older releases of code. After every major IOS release, Apple updates whole slews of CVEs covering the PRIOR IOS releases, effectively making them published Swiss cheese. Now I will admit, Apple’s general ability to upgrade IOS is great compared to Android BUT they could be a lot more transparent and learn from a company like Cisco.
Now Cisco is not perfect but they are at least VERY transparent about how they EOL hardware, software and when security fixes end.
https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/eos-eol-policy.html
This is the one space where I am very disappointed in Apple.
Man, having owned this and the Powerbook 5300, I've apparently made some terrible Apple purchases in my life.
But my daughter's been using the ipad 3 for a while now, and it's still good enough for a five year old!
I'll admit, I was a sucker. I bought one of these. But nobody knew the iPad 4 was right around the corner and the screen on this iPad was ***** amazing at the time.
My only complaint with it was that the processor heated the case enough to fry an egg.
My only complaint with it was that the processor heated the case enough to fry an egg.
On the other hand, my iPad 2 is still working very well. Although a little slow with newer apps designed for faster processors.
It was my first iPad and I used it up until the iPad Air came out. Then it became my wife's iPad until she got the iPad Pro. Now it's my parent's iPad. They use it for e-mail and light web browsing, which it still works just fine for.
And yet, all my 6-year Macs run like a champ.
Goes to show how limited the iPad was (and I think, still is), and how much of a bad investment. But hey, it's not obsolete on purpose, right? RIGHT??
Only now is the iPad starting to be up to snuff, and even then I'd rather invest my money in a Mac...wait...nevermind.
Somehow you believe you shall insult those of us as a fool because Apple screwed us over by launching a new one in 7 months? What kind of logic is that?
I find this to be the case with a lot of Apple products lately. Technology just isn't moving as quickly as it used and the reasons to upgrade often are fewer and fewer.
[doublepost=1509129246][/doublepost]
It's a logic of those who poses a psychic powers of precognition... Or just like to troll a lot.
I had no problems with the iPad 3; for those who used it predominantly for reading technical documents it was a significant upgrade over the 2 because of the retina screen. There weren't too many apps that would tax the processor at that time either. I upgraded eventually to the Air as that had a significantly improved form factor.
I use StreamToMe app. It works well, plus you can easily set it up to stream outside your local network. I use it mostly for audio, but it streams video really well also.
Not at all, if you know the history of the iPad 3 it was a mess of a product as far as specs. Plenty of people are still happily using iPad Air for example which is over 4 years old.
iPad 3 was just underpowered. Not to mention the Mac is a much more mature product (almost 40 years). iPad has been around for 7 years.
Yea, no. The mature product bit doesn't hold water.
But you hit the nail in the head regarding specs, except it's all iPads are like this.
They're all setup hardware-wise as a "today" product, which is why I feel they're bad investments. The fact that, unlike Android, apps are tied to the OS version means they're all eventual paperweights, which is how Apple likes it: lock you in, pester you to update, not let you revert, and "wear you down" until you replace the device.
I resemble that remark. My first iPad. I remember it being heavy. Had it until the Mini 4 came out. I did get a couple of hundred for the 3 in trade. 4 is gone now for the iPad Pro 10.5, which I am liking after two weeks. Got the 64GB model at Best Buy for $549, during a recent sale. $146 trade in for the 4. Pencil came today. Onward and upward.
Twice as much ram, CPU and GPU twice as powerful as the iPad 2, but with a screen 4 times the resolution it didnt have enough muscle to take advantage of it. Some apps actually ran faster on the iPad 2, its not a coincidence Apple released the iPad 4 just 6 months later.
Almost 40? The Macintosh had its 30 year anniversary in 2014... definitely much closer to 30 years than 40.
Well this site will depress you then!
http://investedinstead.com/index.php
If you bought shares instead of the Powerbook 100 in 1991 ( bit earlier than the 5300 ) for $2,300... you'd have....wait for it.... $219,711
