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How much RAM ???
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http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/02/ipad-2-first-hands-on/
hands on video shows browsing is blazingly fast.
hands on video shows browsing is blazingly fast.
Looks better, checkerboard flashed but was instantly gone.
Maybe somewhat weak on ram, wish they had an upgrade option,
but much better.
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Yes but that just shows the faster CPU, which we already know about. What I want to know is whether I can switch between 10 tabs without having to reload them, which only more memory can solve (and no, no amount of optimization can solve this problem).
Still had the checkerboard when scrolling up and down.
It definitely loaded more images than my iPad will when opening a page.
I would wager most have noticed and cursed on the safari tabs reloading, and thats directly linked to not enough memory . That apple doesnt want to advertise that, even though it has quit in impact, I can understand .
they didnt say the doubled it .. or ever say 512... I am betting the tried to save money and left it at 256, hoping that the new processor would at first thought "wow" us into forgetting about the ram
Apple isnt stupid enough to leave the RAM to 256 while all the specs are doubled. But who knows.
Bingo.
My current Ipad has 256gb ram and it seems to run just fine. Sometimes too much emphasis is placed on specs, when it should be placed on user experience.
Exactly. iPad with 256 MB of RAM is more responsive than some many windows laptops with 4GB of RAM.
I think people who say that 256MB is enough hasn't really seen the true limitations. Sure general responsiveness is fine but it really fails when you try to do things that require more physical RAM.
For example my iPad 64GB has around 2600 photos on it. Every time I scroll through my photo library fast, the entire OS crashes instantly. This is 100% reproducible and I was very disappointed by it. Now if I want to open a photo that's in the middle of my library, I have to make sure I don't scroll too fast.
Yes there is a point where the amount of RAM doesn't have a huge impact on performance. But 256MB is simply too little. I want to switch between 10 tabs in Safari without reloading the page, which I think isn't too much to ask. Even 512MB in the iPad 2 would make me a little sad, as I think 1GB is the sweet spot (especially now that it has a dual core chip).
At least reloading Safari tabs, due to not enough RAM, will take less time.
That's the storage, not the RAM.
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With iPhone 4 packing 512MB I don't see them shipping it with 256. Especially considering iMovie for iPad which probably needs more RAM because it is displaying more than 1 clip at a time like the iPhone/iPod version. (Since iPod Touch 4G has only 256).
iMovie not running on the 3GS has nothing to do with RAM - it's all about front facing cameras: Apple have made the decision that iMovie will only work on devices with front facing cameras (for some reason). It works on iPhone 4 and iPod touch 4G now (and the iPod touch only has 256MB of ram), and they are adding support for iPad 2 because it has a front facing camera. iMovie can easily be hacked to run on a 3GS and I suspect it will be just as easy to hack it onto an iPad 1.
lol if that's true. I'd laugh at apple and while the others having 1gig of RAM and at least future proof and apple still using the 256 RAM, it doesnt make any sense at all. But who really knows if that's all you need to run these applications.