iPad 1st gen worth it?

[ratzzo]

The iPad 1 is still pretty good, though granted not as good as the 2, only because the 2 is already amazing. It's worth it provided they give you some sort of discount on it and if you're not planning to use any hardware intensive apps in future years (most of them are already being optimized for dual core use)

 

[ssdaytona]

it's all about pricing.

I just bought a new 64gig wifi iPad 1 for $399. Not bad, eh? It solely used for movies by my kids.

 

[qtx43]

Depends on what you are doing with it. But I do know that the app store needs to start pointing out those apps that are accelerated for the iPad 2, as iPad 1 owners don't have the hardware to run some of these apps without crashing their iPad. Then they end up giving the app a poor rating when it runs fine on the iPad 2.

If you choose not to upgrade to the latest iPad, then don't complain or give bad ratings to apps that require higher specs than what the legacy machine can run.

Are you kidding me? The original iPad is only a little over a year old. If the App makes no mention of requiring the iPad-2, and it crashes my original iPad, then you're darn right I'll give it a poor rating.

As for the original poster, if cash was tight, I would still get an original iPad. Although, I don't like buying used and dealing with potential fraud and brokenness. Of course, that's up to you. Refurbished are $349, and that's still a good deal, and you get a new battery.

 

[Penquin79]

Definitely worth it.

Waited until 2G came out before buying my iPad 1. Since I could care less about the cameras and FaceTime could not justify the higher price for a faster processor picked up a 6 month old 64gig wifi+ 3G with apple case and dock for the same price as the 16gig wifi only 2G. No regrets. Even when I eventually need to upgrade I will keep this one as a second unit just to have the ability to watch videos and use it as a remote.

 

[cmvsm]

Are you kidding me? The original iPad is only a little over a year old. If the App makes no mention of requiring the iPad-2, and it crashes my original iPad, then you're darn right I'll give it a poor rating.

As for the original poster, if cash was tight, I would still get an original iPad. Although, I don't like buying used and dealing with potential fraud and brokenness. Of course, that's up to you. Refurbished are $349, and that's still a good deal, and you get a new battery.

When you see this type of crashing, the hardware revision is pretty significant, as the iPad 1 just can't keep up. Over a year in the electronics industry is quite a bit of time for progress as well. Anandtech benchmarked the iPad 2 GPU 3-5X the speed of the iPad 1, it has twice the memory, and much faster processor.

So if you are expecting the same performance out of the iPad 1 and leaving negative reviews when you don't get it, that's sounds pretty foolish to me and unfair to developers.

 

[qtx43]

When you see this type of crashing, the hardware revision is pretty significant, as the iPad 1 just can't keep up. Over a year in the electronics industry is quite a bit of time for progress as well. Anandtech benchmarked the iPad 2 GPU 3-5X the speed of the iPad 1, it has twice the memory, and much faster processor.

So if you are expecting the same performance out of the iPad 1 and leaving negative reviews when you don't get it, that's sounds pretty foolish to me and unfair to developers.

I realize that the iPad 2 has much faster graphics. You're missing the point. That is no excuse for not disclosing the hardware requirements for an App ahead of time. For example, Apple itself says Garageband will run on the original, and it does. iMovie was released about the same time. Obviously, I wouldn't give iMovie a bad review because they said it would not run on the original. Any competent developer will take into account the hardware requirements. No excuses. Period.

 

[3dflyboy1]

I bought an iPad 1 refurb from apple about a month ago so waiting for the iPad 3 won't be so painful. definitely worth it.