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Quick: iPad 1 or iPad 2?

Firstly, I have had good hands on time with both the iPad2 and the first gen.

iPad WAS laggy until the 5.1 update, now it is pretty snappy so I have absolutely no complaints.

HOWEVER, if you consider the difference between the two units side by side, there is no comparison. You plan on reading? The iPad2 is light, the resolution is improved and it has got a camera for such things as facetime etc. iPad2 is also still quite strongly supported and will be able to endure quite a few updates to the OS over the next year or so.

I would go with the iPad2 just because it is a "better" product, still supported, and is faster and more able to handle tasks that you might be surprised to find yourself doing. Meaning, it allows for you to make broader use of the device if you end up discovering that you favor some of the newer features.

What would suck, is you settling for a device and finding out that you really wanted/needed the better one. For 100.00 I would consider it an investment in a product that still has life and support to it.

I have the iPad and will not be updating past 5.1. Also, all of the apps are going to be further tailored to the more powerful machines.

Either way, I am sure you will enjoy whatever one you choose.

Good luck! Let us know what you decided :D

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myrtlebee said:
Try an update to iOS 5.1 - mine was close to being up for sale on eBay before 5.1. If you're on 5.1 try restoring your device and re-installing the OS.
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It's definitely an improvement, but it still pales in comparison to the iPad 2.
 
Look, this is just a table comparing specs. And you can see they're not very different. I was looking for advice, not benchmarks, because they can be deceiving.

Anyway, I got the iPad 1. I've got to say it's not that bad, having expected it to be terribly laggy. Most of the features work just fine, and the games I tried run pretty well, and so I consider it worth what I paid for it.

What I think people should know is, speed is just not about 3 more seconds in a loading screen (and a loading screen only appears to tell you you'll have to wait). It's about clicking something you think will be responsive and finding yourself waiting for it to show up. I've noticed it in a few youtube demos-- people hitting the same button two or three times because the hit wasn't processed, and eventually, it gets there. Hiccups while writing something. Usually you'd see a beach ball or an an hourglass, but in iOS there's nothing telling you the system is processing something, so you'll end up hitting the same buttons until you get what you want.

Again, you get what you pay for. I wanted the iPad for reading and I don't really want the multitasking abilities full speed, because I'll just have more trouble concentrating. Anyone else feels this?
 
east1999 said:
Look, this is just a table comparing specs. And you can see they're not very different. I was looking for advice, not benchmarks, because they can be deceiving.

Anyway, I got the iPad 1. I've got to say it's not that bad, having expected it to be terribly laggy. Most of the features work just fine, and the games I tried run pretty well, and so I consider it worth what I paid for it.

What I think people should know is, speed is just not about 3 more seconds in a loading screen (and a loading screen only appears to tell you you'll have to wait). It's about clicking something you think will be responsive and finding yourself waiting for it to show up. I've noticed it in a few youtube demos-- people hitting the same button two or three times because the hit wasn't processed, and eventually, it gets there. Hiccups while writing something. Usually you'd see a beach ball or an an hourglass, but in iOS there's nothing telling you the system is processing something, so you'll end up hitting the same buttons until you get what you want.

Again, you get what you pay for. I wanted the iPad for reading and I don't really want the multitasking abilities full speed, because I'll just have more trouble concentrating. Anyone else feels this?
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If you feel that way just get an iPad 1 I'm sure someone on this forum will gladly unload his/her ipad
 
I bought the iPad 1 a week after it was released and my wife and I used it until I sold it last week. I really liked the iPad 1 and the 5.1 update did seem to help, but I rarely had lagging, instead I had safari crashing problems once-in-a-while. I used the iPad 1 for reading, web browsing, general apps, and video streaming through Air Video. The only reason I sold it was because I wanted to update to the iPad 3 and my family didn't have a need for two iPads, so I decided that the most financially prudent decision was to sell mine and make $300 that I could put towards my iPad 3 purchase.

My advice is that if you can find an iPad 1, 16 GB wifi for $150, then go ahead an buy it. However, I never owned nor used an iPad 2. But since I never had any discernible problems with my iPad 1, I can only recommend it highly.
 
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