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I find it slightly odd that Apple goes into a decent amount of technical detail on the processor in the iPad - calling out the number of registers and transisto
by suresk 13y ago
I find it slightly odd that Apple goes into a decent amount of technical detail on the processor in the iPad - calling out the number of registers and transistors - but still doesn't ever disclose how much RAM is in the thing. This is especially vexing, as my biggest complaint with my current iPad is that it doesn't have enough of it.
- dman 13y agoThats also why the Ipad1 now crashes on almost every app now - just has 256 megs of ram.
- taude 13y agoMy iPad 1 has been basically a brick for awhile.
- ricardo 13y agoThe iPad 1 still runs a surprising number of modern apps. My son plays newish games like Angry Birds Star Wars 2 or Asphalt Heat 7 without crashes or minimal lag. Not bad for a 4 year old device with only 256 Megs of RAM. I'm not sure what apps you're running, but I haven't had the same experience. If the app can be downloaded from the store and doesn't prevent you from opening it on older devices (ex: CSR Classic) it'll run just fine.
- grey-area 13y agoThe browser on my iPad 1 crashes constantly now (running the newer OS). Are you running iOS5 or the OS it came with? Do you do much web browsing on it?
- chmike 13y agoMe too and this is frustrating. With 64bit processor we would expect bigger ram since data grow it's size. 1GB seems too small and I fear I'll hit the memory size wall again too soon. May be the next iPad will have a bigger ram.
- ricardo 13y agoGood point. I haven't done much browsing on it in a while, it's mostly used for my son's apps. I'll need to play around with that a bit. It's running the OS 5.1.1.
- froo 13y agoI experience the same crashing issues. Usually with Safari. It's ok though. It's a 4 year old device I've used literally every day since launch day. I'm pretty ok with how far its gotten me and am surprised it has survived given how much abuse I throw at it.
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- dagw 13y agoMy wife's iPad 1 still works great, and I honestly can't remember the last time it crashed.
- dman 13y agoYou must not have upgraded to ios 6. Otherwise even opening the app store, or loading theverge.com in safari cause reproducible crashes for me. Goodreader is the only app that still appears to work reliably - albeit much slower than it used to be.
- kenrikm 13y agoThe 5/5s have 1GB, I would expect the new iPads to come in at the same.
- teamonkey 13y agoThough you're probably right, iPads have had 1GB of RAM since the iPad 3.
- ajdecon 13y agoThe processor is Apple's own design and its performance is a distinguishing feature. RAM is commodity tech, and Apple will never pick a number that makes everyone happy. I agree that it'd be nice to get that number, but I can also see which one a marketer would rather feature.
- jmaygarden 13y agoARM and Samsung probably get a little credit for the processor too.
- smith7018 13y agoNo, Samsung shouldn't get a little credit here. Does Foxconn get credit for the Xbox 360?
- keeperofdakeys 13y agoThey aren't trying to inform you of useful specs, they are trying to wow you and make you think this thing is new and revolutionary. If they don't mention the RAM, then they probably haven't upgraded it.
- rsynnott 13y ago> If they don't mention the RAM, then they probably haven't upgraded it. Apple have never mentioned the amount of RAM in any iOS device.
- devx 13y agoThey have actually, I think at least a couple of times with the 3GS and then the 4, when they said they "doubled the memory". But not sure if they said exactly how much that was, but everyone knew how much they had before anyway, so it was easy to guess.