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iPad I cant decide if i want to wait or not

-Ray-

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I had an M4 pro and only sold it as I wanted a cellular model as I can use different ips with eSIM.

Now I can’t decide if I should wait a month or just suck it up and buy one now. I was happy with the m4

I use the iPad to generate passive income arbitrage sports betting. The Sportsbook apps work much better than they do on computers because of geo location.

I know waiting I can either get a newer device or discounted pro but feel like I’m just losing money as I’m not able to effectively do my arbitrage betting.

As stupid as it sounds I’m having a hard time tossing money towards a product that’s going to be replaced.

Help me make a decision.
 
Waiting on new tech, especially tech that won't make a difference with your passive income is a waste of time, not to mention chasing tech to have the latest tech is an exercise in futility as there is always something new being released several times a year. If you need or want a new iPad now and can afford it, get one. See how simple that is? No need to make simple decisions complicated.
 
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I’ve done both, purchased now and or waited for the “new improved” model.

Years of experience in the Apple ecosystem have revealed either way works without a penalty of consequence. Sometimes newer isn’t always better.

Good luck with your decision.
 
The passive income part is what has me considering purchasing now.

Apple_Robert said:
Waiting on new tech, especially tech that won't make a difference with your passive income is a waste of time, not to mention chasing tech to have the latest tech is an exercise in futility as there is always something new being released several times a year. If you need or want a new iPad now and can afford it, get one. See how simple that is? No need to make simple decisions complicated.
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Apple_Robert said:
There is no point in waiting. You already answered your own question in your OP.
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The 16gb would make it easier to have multiple apps open in stage manager. That’s really the only feature I’d be eying that’s different from m4. I can care less about cameras
 
-Ray- said:
I had an M4 pro and only sold it as I wanted a cellular model as I can use different ips with eSIM.

Now I can’t decide if I should wait a month or just suck it up and buy one now. I was happy with the m4

I use the iPad to generate passive income arbitrage sports betting. The Sportsbook apps work much better than they do on computers because of geo location.

I know waiting I can either get a newer device or discounted pro but feel like I’m just losing money as I’m not able to effectively do my arbitrage betting.

As stupid as it sounds I’m having a hard time tossing money towards a product that’s going to be replaced.

Help me make a decision.
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its just one month better wait
 
-Ray- said:
The 16gb would make it easier to have multiple apps open in stage manager. That’s really the only feature I’d be eying that’s different from m4. I can care less about cameras
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Then you can get the 1Tb M4 Pro which comes with 16Gb RAM.
 
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Best recommend I can make is to go to the store and play around with one. I can confirm that All iPads in store have been updated to OS 26. I recommend playing around with the OS and get a feel for it.
 
Webcat86 said:
The M4 is an incredibly powerful device as it is, there’s no reason to wait.
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Power has never been a problem and rarely been a reason for upgrade from one generation to the next. Based on rumors RAM is a much bigger reason. But only for nerds, most people don't even know what RAM is
 
Digitalguy said:
Power has never been a problem and rarely been a reason for upgrade from one generation to the next. Based on rumors RAM is a much bigger reason. But only for nerds, most people don't even know what RAM is
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I deliberately didn’t mention power. The M4 overall is incredibly powerful. I still don’t see ram as a reason to upgrade because the M4 has not met its limitations yet.

Of course, IF Apple releases software that changes that then my opinion will change. But I doubt they’ll make the M4 obsolete after one year.
 
Webcat86 said:
I deliberately didn’t mention power. The M4 overall is incredibly powerful. I still don’t see ram as a reason to upgrade because the M4 has not met its limitations yet.

Of course, IF Apple releases software that changes that then my opinion will change. But I doubt they’ll make the M4 obsolete after one year.
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Are we playing with words here? You said powerful and you didn't mention power? Whatever it is CPU power, GPU power, M4 has plently, just like previsous M iPads. RAM is becoming a limitation... for nerds. Maybe not for you. Other people are annoyed by reloads with 8GB, some people don't use the iPad in a way where they experience reloads or where reloads matter. That's why I said RAM is a bigger issue than power for nerds. Most people don't care about either.
 
Digitalguy said:
Are we playing with words here? You said powerful and you didn't mention power? Whatever it is CPU power, GPU power, M4 has plently, just like previsous M iPads. RAM is becoming a limitation... for nerds. Maybe not for you. Other people are annoyed by reloads with 8GB, some people don't use the iPad in a way where they experience reloads or where reloads matter. That's why I said RAM is a bigger issue than power for nerds. Most people don't care about either.
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I meant powerful as in its overall capabilities. I don’t think many people bought the M4 Pro on the belief it would be insufficient a year later.
 
Webcat86 said:
I meant powerful as in its overall capabilities. I don’t think many people bought the M4 Pro on the belief it would be insufficient a year later.
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For most people the M4 is plenty, as is the M1 and M2. Personally I was not expecting to regret getting the base model. I did when I realized that iPadOS 18 was ejecting stuff from RAM much more than 17 (26 is not worse, but no better either). But again 99% of people wouldn't even care about this.
The M5 should remove this issue for those who care (my M1 with 16GB RAM does not have this issue at all).
 
Digitalguy said:
For most people the M4 is plenty, as is the M1 and M2. Personally I was not expecting to regret getting the base model. I did when I realized that iPadOS 18 was ejecting stuff from RAM much more than 17 (26 is not worse, but no better either). But again 99% of people wouldn't even care about this.
The M5 should remove this issue for those who care (my M1 with 16GB RAM does not have this issue at all).
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What tasks are you finding lead to this?
 
Webcat86 said:
What tasks are you finding lead to this?
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My tabs reload if I do other things on the iPad and then I leave enough time (typically the day after). In the past I kept multiple tabs opens (several gmail desktop pages for both my private and workspace accounts), youtube and others, and also 2 browser, Safari and Brave. To reduce the issue with iPadOS 18 I stopped using Brave and reduced my tabs to just my private email account and one or 2 youtube pages. Still, if I open enough stuff, like my email clients (outlook, em client and gmail), Word, a PDF reader, Dropbox, my ecommerce app, so nothing major (no video editing, gaming etc) my tabs will reload, not immediately but after a few hours or a day (many probably wouldn't care, but if I have a youtube video paused I'll lose that for instance). This doesn't happen on my 16GB devices (where I leave much more stuff open), and didn't happen on iPadOS 17, to the point where I said no need to get 16GB, I'll get the base M4.
 
Digitalguy said:
My tabs reload if I do other things on the iPad and then I leave enough time (typically the day after).
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This is my problem. If I have more than 3-4 sportsbooks apps open in stage manager, each of which receiving realtime data streams the iPad will black screen, wheel, and restart the app state.

Its clearly a ram issue
 
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