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iPad Tech Specs: Cortex A8, 256MB Ram, PowerVR SGX 535
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Nonsense. iPhone has 256Mb and can multitask perfectly well with a jailbreak if you're into that kind of thing.
I bought a lot of them. And the original iPhone is still slower on 3.0 than 2.x even with NO 3rd party apps on it.
I believe the RAM is part of the A4 SoC, so that's why. It's not like buying a stick of DDR3 RAM and throwing it in.....
Can I have a browser with 40 tabs open, be composing email, doing a background compile, and playing video in another window?
Why is this getting so many negatives? People are complaining about multitasking but would Apple release an update in two months that the iPad couldn't handle?
The specs are nothing more than a placebo. If the iPhone OS has cleaner code than Android it is clearly possible that it can run faster with lesser specs. From testing this device is twice as fast as the 3GS so it should be as fast or even faster when 4.0 comes out with multitasking.
BTW, from testing on a 3GS, it can handle up to 10 background apps before noticing a slowdown.
The specs are nothing more than a placebo. If the iPhone OS has cleaner code than Android it is clearly possible that it can run faster with lesser specs. From testing this device is twice as fast as the 3GS so it should be as fast or even faster when 4.0 comes out with multitasking.
BTW, from testing on a 3GS, it can handle up to 10 background apps before noticing a slowdown.
I understand not wanting the device... I mean it just doesn't fit what some people need. BUT to everyone who says "I'm waiting for Rev2!"... I don't quite understand.
If you say that, you must see some utility in the device... and it probably covers 80-90% of your needs _now_. But because of some misguided idea that "next years will be better," you're going to miss out on a WHOLE YEAR of utility?
Talk to anyone that got a first get iPhone... they will all tell you that they are glad they did. Sure, the 3G came out a year later that was quite a bit faster all the way around... BUT their first gen iPhone still worked well. A lot of people still use them today.
The thing about technology is that it will always "be better next year." If you never buy in at some point you won't ever get to have the utility of the new device.
For me, $500 isn't such a huge amount that I'm going to be pissed next year when the 1.5GHz 512MB of RAM version comes out. I'll probably hold off another year (like I've done with my iPhone 3G)... and wait for the NEXT version. OR, if I really do need the new features I'll probably give this one as a gift (probably to my wife or in-laws) and grab the new one.
Technology has always been like this. Hell... I can remember multiple years in a row when I would work odd-jobs during college to make sure I could buy new $300-$400 graphics cards for my PC. And that was just ONE peripheral! Sure I could have just waited a year... but then I wouldn't have spent that year actually USING that graphics card for so many hours.
I used the device a bit yesterday at Best Buy... and it really is awesome. To everyone that says "I'm waiting for Rev2!"... make sure you go out and try it sometime and make sure that it wouldn't have a large impact on your day-to-day life _as-is_.
If you say that, you must see some utility in the device... and it probably covers 80-90% of your needs _now_. But because of some misguided idea that "next years will be better," you're going to miss out on a WHOLE YEAR of utility?
Talk to anyone that got a first get iPhone... they will all tell you that they are glad they did. Sure, the 3G came out a year later that was quite a bit faster all the way around... BUT their first gen iPhone still worked well. A lot of people still use them today.
The thing about technology is that it will always "be better next year." If you never buy in at some point you won't ever get to have the utility of the new device.
For me, $500 isn't such a huge amount that I'm going to be pissed next year when the 1.5GHz 512MB of RAM version comes out. I'll probably hold off another year (like I've done with my iPhone 3G)... and wait for the NEXT version. OR, if I really do need the new features I'll probably give this one as a gift (probably to my wife or in-laws) and grab the new one.
Technology has always been like this. Hell... I can remember multiple years in a row when I would work odd-jobs during college to make sure I could buy new $300-$400 graphics cards for my PC. And that was just ONE peripheral! Sure I could have just waited a year... but then I wouldn't have spent that year actually USING that graphics card for so many hours.
I used the device a bit yesterday at Best Buy... and it really is awesome. To everyone that says "I'm waiting for Rev2!"... make sure you go out and try it sometime and make sure that it wouldn't have a large impact on your day-to-day life _as-is_.
That is correct. But Apple could have put in 512MB into the A4. Or they could have had separate ram chips.
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One of the advantages of the ipad is that it is currently a single specification (apart from 3g and storage) so code can be highly optimised for this single "machine".
In the computing world we have different processors with different CPU features and varying amounts of ram/VRAM/different gpu's etc.
I have no doubt that Apple and developers will be able to get the best out of the iPad as there are no "other" architectures or machines to cater for.
One of the advantages of the ipad is that it is currently a single specification (apart from 3g and storage) so code can be highly optimised for this single "machine".
In the computing world we have different processors with different CPU features and varying amounts of ram/VRAM/different gpu's etc.
I have no doubt that Apple and developers will be able to get the best out of the iPad as there are no "other" architectures or machines to cater for.
Then YOU"RE doing something wrong. My 1st gen runs OS3 fine. As does my 3G. No speed issues here.
Again, Game consoles rely on the GPU. The PSP isn't intended to be a netbook killer, nor is the Wii. they don't even do serious multitasking, a netbook killer should as a netbook DOES multitasking. For graphic intensive Apps, it the GPU that matters. When running more than one program (multitalking) it the RAM THAT MATTERS.
Yeah sure Apple will release OS4 in a few months to make a 2-3 month old device slower. Get a grip.
No I'M NOT. After 4 replacements due to other ISSUES, the speed is till slow. APPLE WANTS ME TO BUY A 3GS. and I have that.
Ram
Simpler OS = less RAM needed. My desktop has 6gb of RAM, which is great for editing video, doing visual effects, having a dozen tabs, email, IM, video, etc all going at the same time. But I'm not buying an iPad to replace my desktop. Just like my iPhone, it's a simple device with simple needs. I'm surprised that people freak out about 256mb of RAM, but don't freak out about a single-score 1gHz processor . . .
Some of you only care about numbers. Have you guys used this thing? It's incredibly fast and smooth.
Simpler OS = less RAM needed. My desktop has 6gb of RAM, which is great for editing video, doing visual effects, having a dozen tabs, email, IM, video, etc all going at the same time. But I'm not buying an iPad to replace my desktop. Just like my iPhone, it's a simple device with simple needs. I'm surprised that people freak out about 256mb of RAM, but don't freak out about a single-score 1gHz processor . . .
Some of you only care about numbers. Have you guys used this thing? It's incredibly fast and smooth.
Yup. My brother's iPhone 3G is slower than on 3.x than 2.x. He had his for 2 months before the 3GS came out. he told me about the slowerness. I could say why is my Mac slower on 10.6.2 than 10.4.11! Old hardware+ newer intense software= slower experience.
yes. I played with on yesterday. I love using it. Its faster than my iPhone 3GS. My high school is giving everybody an iPad next year instead on a MacBook. I'm just woried it will be slower with the next iPhone OS release like the iPhone and iPod touch have experienced. I paid $599 for an iPhone, and 6 month later, an update makes it slower. I will be fricken pissed if I buy an $829 pad, and it gets slower a year later. I want it to gain features, and keeps fast speed for at lease 2.5 years
I think along these lines. $499 / 52 weeks is around $9.60 per week. A year is a long time in tech and this time next year what will iPad v2 be able to do? Will you get $10 per week of use out of it? *IF* I decided that I needed v2, how much could I sell the original for? At least a good deposit.
For those that want to complain, just think about us Brits that have to wait to hear how much more we are going to have to pay and then to find out when we can buy one. I just hope that there will be some in the shops over there when I get to the US in a couple of weeks time!
Chris
For those that want to complain, just think about us Brits that have to wait to hear how much more we are going to have to pay and then to find out when we can buy one. I just hope that there will be some in the shops over there when I get to the US in a couple of weeks time!
Chris
Webpages with many images don't finish loading on iPad. Evensome pages on Giz this is due to the small amount of RAM. I'm thinking of returning the iPad myself.