iOS 8.1 Performance on the iPad 2

[Dino F]

My iPad 2 runs reasonably well with iOS 8.1 but I

- set it up as a new device and am very restrictive with background app refresh tasks
- turned of transparency (huge effect)
- turned on reduce motion (minor effect)

I think it's not too bad after all, of course in comparison to its replacement - an Air 2 - it feels like a crawl.

.......what does that do exactly and would I turn it off? What 'huge difference' did it make to your iPad 2?

 

[johnnyboy360]

Can't say for iPad 2, but iPad mini (Non retina) is horrible... Really really slow and laggy. Think I will sell it on at Christmas and upgrade to the mini 2. Not worth getting the mini 3.

 

[Bluemeanie1976]

.......what does that do exactly and would I turn it off? What 'huge difference' did it make to your iPad 2?

I had parallax, etc, turned off since it was introduced.