iPad 2: GPU Benchmarked with Impressive Gains

[LagunaSol]

And yet it still performs on a par with the finished ipad2.

You obviously aren't reading any of the reviews or benchmarks that I am.

When it adds more functionality it will leave the ipad2 in the dust.

LOL! Keep the dream alive! I remember how the Zune was going to kick the iPod's trash to the curb. Apparently wishful thinking is alive and well in Android Land too.

Enjoy your Zune. I mean, XOOM.

 

[Luis Ortega]

You obviously aren't reading any of the reviews or benchmarks that I am.
LOL! Keep the dream alive! I remember how the Zune was going to kick the iPod's trash to the curb. Apparently wishful thinking is alive and well in Android Land too.
Enjoy your Zune. I mean, XOOM.

Obviously.
You could be educating yourself rather than coming up with puerile retorts about the competition.
The 99% of the population that haven't bought a tablet are looking and comparing, and now that the ipad doesn't have the field to itself, the picture doesn't look so good.

Testing
Site-loading speed is one of the simplest things to test, and it's a test many users can immediately relate to. As I said in the previous post, I'm a greater fan of real-world tests like going to actual, real sites, than of synthetic benchmarks.
We used three different Web sites for the tests: CNET.com, CBSNews.com, and GiantBomb.com. Each tablet was connected to the same closed network with no other devices on it, with the router about 5 feet away. We considered the test to begin the moment we pressed Enter and run to the time the blue progress bar on each tablet disappeared. We used iOS 4.3 for the iPad 2 and iPad, and the Xoom is using Android OS 3.0.1.
Conclusion
The iPad 2 shows a huge improvement over the original iPad and holds its own against the Xoom for the most part. On a really busy site like CBSnews.com, however, the iPad 2 chokes a bit, while the Xoom flies through with relative ease.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20043455-1.html

 

[MacMan86]

Obviously.
You could be educating yourself rather than coming up with puerile retorts about the competition.
The 99% of the population that haven't bought a tablet are looking and comparing, and now that the ipad doesn't have the field to itself, the picture doesn't look so good.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20043455-1.html

Did you listen to what the guy said? When it came to web browsing, he said the two tablets were 'on par'. They tested 3 sites and there was only a noticeable difference on one. A statistician would be horrified at that sample size.

Regardless, as the guy said, at web browsing, they're on par, when it comes to every other benchmark, the iPad 2 has won so far. You would do well to consider the use cases beyond simply web browsing...

 

[LagunaSol]

now that the ipad doesn't have the field to itself, the picture doesn't look so good.

"Not so good," eh? Let's revisit your doomsday implication in 2 years, hmm?

I've not heard a single person mention the XOOM that wasn't from some tech site peanut gallery. Not one. 99% of the 99% of the tabletless population you mention doesn't give one whit for the spec sheet drivel you believe makes the XOOM so much "awesomer."

Watch and see.

 

[madhatter61]

You're a little off..... XOOM screen is 1280 x 800 pixels. Sure, it's got more pixels, but not a huge amount more.

The real issue is in the GPU and all the other goodies involved in making graphics for gaming look a lot better in iPad2. That is what caused Xoom to go back to the drawing board. I know is is a later response than when you write all this opinion. (not a lot of relevant facts, though).