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iPad iPad 5 Spec's Leaked: 2Gb of Ram Confirmed
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Just Engadget listing what the expected specs are. They don't know any more than the rest of us.
I have an ipad 5. It arrived this afternoon. Only 1GB Ram and 128Gb storage. I bought the "silver" 128gb wifi+att model
Apple doubled storage but not ram. Bad move. Ios 7 eats 512-600mb ram, but can kill services to reduce to 256 if an app needs ram. Doesn't leave enough memory for modern games and high quality textures. BAD move on Apple. Even 1.5Gb would have helped.
The ipad series is quickly approaching console quality. Hell the ps3 has only 512mb ram. But ios is basically OSX lite so ios takes far more ram to run vs "ps3 os." If the ipad 5 had 2gb ram, it'd give a ps3 a run if a game were properly done. Only issue is storage. PS3 = 25+GB per game disc (50 for dual layer). Ipad games max around 2gb in size, but I could see a 5-10gb game if done REALLY well, but it could only be installed on 32-128gb models. No more MacBooks.... Just iPads... Just an idea
A lot of the gpu power is wasted and limited with 1gb. It'd help if they did what droid does. Add a 256-512mb swap file. Idle system services an apps get swapped out leaving about 900MB of ram for use. The os has the daemon for it. It's just not used. And the argument that swap files kill ssd storage was lost ages ago. It does reduce the life... But not less than the useful life of the device (3-5yrs). And swapping could be a user optional switch and setting. Let the user choose 0 (off), 128,256, 384, or 512. For 512mb devices 0,64,128(optimal),256... Back in the day, just a 64-128mb swap file made my iPhone 3/3GS perform SOOOO much better!
I've turn on the swap daemon on my jb ipad 4. Set it to 256mb under ios 7. It ran sooooo much faster. 1gb swap caused massive lag as it was constantly swapping. 512 caused some lag. 256-384 was the magic range.
Plus with a swap, the os won't kill apps as fast. They suspend and resume but not killed
Basically here is apples problem: the ipad is NOT a mobile device!!!! Phones, iPods etc are!! An ipad is basically a touch screen "laptop" and content should be licensed to it via a computer vs mobile (you get a LOT more rights and content for a computer / laptop vs mobile). Stop treating the ipad as an overgrown iPhone.
It should be like the Apple TV. Similar os.. Can run all ios aps etc.. But TOTALLY different GUI and approach. Hell with 2-3 GB of ram an ipad could run OSX! Add a USB port so u can plug in a 2-4tb USB drive... Bluetooth KB.. Mouse. Bam! Smallest, lightest, "laptop" ever.
Apple doubled storage but not ram. Bad move. Ios 7 eats 512-600mb ram, but can kill services to reduce to 256 if an app needs ram. Doesn't leave enough memory for modern games and high quality textures. BAD move on Apple. Even 1.5Gb would have helped.
The ipad series is quickly approaching console quality. Hell the ps3 has only 512mb ram. But ios is basically OSX lite so ios takes far more ram to run vs "ps3 os." If the ipad 5 had 2gb ram, it'd give a ps3 a run if a game were properly done. Only issue is storage. PS3 = 25+GB per game disc (50 for dual layer). Ipad games max around 2gb in size, but I could see a 5-10gb game if done REALLY well, but it could only be installed on 32-128gb models. No more MacBooks.... Just iPads... Just an idea
A lot of the gpu power is wasted and limited with 1gb. It'd help if they did what droid does. Add a 256-512mb swap file. Idle system services an apps get swapped out leaving about 900MB of ram for use. The os has the daemon for it. It's just not used. And the argument that swap files kill ssd storage was lost ages ago. It does reduce the life... But not less than the useful life of the device (3-5yrs). And swapping could be a user optional switch and setting. Let the user choose 0 (off), 128,256, 384, or 512. For 512mb devices 0,64,128(optimal),256... Back in the day, just a 64-128mb swap file made my iPhone 3/3GS perform SOOOO much better!
I've turn on the swap daemon on my jb ipad 4. Set it to 256mb under ios 7. It ran sooooo much faster. 1gb swap caused massive lag as it was constantly swapping. 512 caused some lag. 256-384 was the magic range.
Plus with a swap, the os won't kill apps as fast. They suspend and resume but not killed
Basically here is apples problem: the ipad is NOT a mobile device!!!! Phones, iPods etc are!! An ipad is basically a touch screen "laptop" and content should be licensed to it via a computer vs mobile (you get a LOT more rights and content for a computer / laptop vs mobile). Stop treating the ipad as an overgrown iPhone.
It should be like the Apple TV. Similar os.. Can run all ios aps etc.. But TOTALLY different GUI and approach. Hell with 2-3 GB of ram an ipad could run OSX! Add a USB port so u can plug in a 2-4tb USB drive... Bluetooth KB.. Mouse. Bam! Smallest, lightest, "laptop" ever.
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I was actually looking for a third - fourth - or fifth generation iPad to buy for myself this holiday season. I'm already an owner of a fifth generation iPod touch (which will lose support for iOS 9, I've accepted). That leaves the fourth or fifth generation iPad. I'm seriously considering the fourth as it is 32 bit and apps will not suck up its 1GB of RAM as quickly as the Air's. But I don't know.