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iPad Pro Does anyone have regrets going for 8GB RAM?
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Obsession with ram has got to be the most macrumors thing.
Not really. Slickdeals posters lambast $300 laptops for not having 16GB RAM. 🤦🏻♀️
With that said, 8GB is already a big improvement over the 4GB RAM you'll find on most 2015-2018 iPPs. If one doesn't need the extra storage, I think one is better off saving the funds for a future upgrade.
With that said, 8GB is already a big improvement over the 4GB RAM you'll find on most 2015-2018 iPPs. If one doesn't need the extra storage, I think one is better off saving the funds for a future upgrade.
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If you look at the comparison vids it looks like there's a a very narrow circumstance where you might need the 16 GB. Even when stuff reloads it tends to reload in less than 4 seconds.
Absolutely not. It’s on par with the stock configurations of all the M1 Macs. If it’s enough for a full fledged desktop OS then I would say it’s more than adequate for an iPad.
There is zero difference in performance in teh 16GB model and 8GB model. Its a classic up-sell by Apple to try and get people to purchase the higher priced iPad (and I’m sure it probably worked).
I do not.
Plus, lets not forget that the bulk of iPads out there (and being sold) have 4GB or less RAM and even the old Pros only had 6GB so developers aren’t going to be directly targeting the current generation - again, aside from niche high-end creative apps.
- It is double the RAM of my 2017 iPad Pro and I really didn’t have complaints about its performance.
- 8GB is the standard RAM configuration on macOS. I think 8GB is the suite spot for most use cases and the 8GB M1 Mac reviews showed that 8GB was more capable than people thought. If macOS can run fine on 8GB, iPadOS will be fine.
Plus, lets not forget that the bulk of iPads out there (and being sold) have 4GB or less RAM and even the old Pros only had 6GB so developers aren’t going to be directly targeting the current generation - again, aside from niche high-end creative apps.
Not really since macOS does swap, but I agree that 8 is enough for 99% of population.
I doubt anyone will regret anything. It might be that 3-6 years down the line where the 8GB devices won’t feel quite as quick as the 16GB, but many M1 8GB users will have upgraded onto a future device by then anyhow.
I certainly like the 16GB of RAM on my iPad, which will quite possibly pay more and more dividends down the line. But frankly, I didn't upgrade to the higher tier for RAM - I did it because I wanted the storage! The doubling of RAM was just a bonus.
I can't see why anyone would be. There isn't any significant advantage currently to 16GB of RAM. That may change in the useful life of the M1 iPad Pro, but that may never change. Obviously, certain niche cases may find it useful, but like having 64GB of RAM in my desktop. It is useful for me and my use cases on it (primarily VMs), but for the average user they wouldn't notice an improvement over 8GB of RAM on that same desktop machine.