iPad mini Had to go back to my iPad Mini 2

[pshufd]

My daughter needed a device for Zoom (she's providing English tutoring) so I gave her my iPad Mini 5 so I went back to a combination of my iPad Mini 2 and Nexus 7 for my tablet needs. Everything, of course, will be slower. Zoom does a number on all of our MacBook Pros. I think that it's best done on a desktop, iPhone or iPad as those devices don't have heat issues from running Zoom.

 

[Tsepz]

I believe my grandmother has an iPad Mini 2 ( or is it a 3? I cannot remember) and she is very happy with it, she also uses it for Zoom to speak to us and also do her exercise classes (thanks to the current circumstance).

 

[pshufd]

I believe my grandmother has an iPad Mini 2 ( or is it a 3? I cannot remember) and she is very happy with it, she also uses it for Zoom to speak to us and also do her exercise classes (thanks to the current circumstance).

I can use it for several things. But it's hard coming from a 5.

 

[MDePew24]

I have a mini 2 and 5. I use the 2 as a monitor for our baby's room.

 

[AutomaticApple]

I believe my grandmother has an iPad Mini 2 ( or is it a 3? I cannot remember)

The iPad mini 3 has Touch ID, but the iPad mini 2 doesn't.

 

[subjonas]

I think you meant to say “mini 2 and nexus 7” in your post.

Yeah, mini 2 would be tough coming from the 5, but not totally useless, I’m sure. Should be able to zoom?

That’s too bad to hear Zoom runs hot on your laptop. I’ve only tried it on my 12.9” iPad, and it runs very well, but there are a couple features it’s missing from the laptop/desktop version. The most annoying thing for me is that it limits 9 people on screen at once, versus the desktop’s 49 (though I’d probably want more like up to 25 on the 12.9” screen), but then the limitation is probably why it doesn’t run hot.

Wow nexus 7 is even older. Loved the size of that device though. As big as possible while still comfortable and secure in the hand. Perfect for reading one-handed.

 

[ian87w]

I would guess the mini 2 will be pretty slow today. It has only 1GB of RAM. As good iOS12 was, you can only do so much with such limited hardware.

 

[pshufd]

I think you meant to say “mini 2 and nexus 7” in your post.

Yeah, mini 2 would be tough coming from the 5, but not totally useless, I’m sure. Should be able to zoom?

That’s too bad to hear Zoom runs hot on your laptop. I’ve only tried it on my 12.9” iPad, and it runs very well, but there are a couple features it’s missing from the laptop/desktop version. The most annoying thing for me is that it limits 9 people on screen at once, versus the desktop’s 49 (though I’d probably want more like up to 25 on the 12.9” screen), but then the limitation is probably why it doesn’t run hot.

Wow nexus 7 is even older. Loved the size of that device though. As big as possible while still comfortable and secure in the hand. Perfect for reading one-handed.

Thanks. I fixed it.

I'm not going to try it with Zoom. I usually do Zoom on an old Windows desktop if I don't need a video camera. If I do, then I have three MacBook Pros for that. Zoom runs best when it's the only thing running on Macs. My daughter had her tutoring session last night and she said that things went great.

It's only usable for videos. I turned off WiFi, deleted any accounts and deleted as many Apps as possible. Just connecting it to the internet can basically result in it being unusable because it wants to do so much network stuff on updating things. I think that the 2013 Nexus 7 is still usable for some things but the 2012's processor and RAM were pretty weak. I wish that Google had better maintained and supported the line as it would mean competition for Apple.
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I would guess the mini 2 will be pretty slow today. It has only 1GB of RAM. As good iOS12 was, you can only do so much with such limited hardware.

The main reason I keep it is that it's a cellular model so I can use it as a backup navigation system. My Mini 5 is WiFi-only so it doesn't have GPS.