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iPad Pro Eight. Gigabytes. Of RAM.
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Probably yes, but for an iPad I think it’s good enough
I am more outraged over the loss of 1 performance core. Not that it matters for my use, but getting tired of this tactic by Apple.
The 1TB option gets you 16GB of RAM. For a price.
Ehh, it’s not ideal but they probably needed to for yield, and if you’re not a true “Pro” you're not going to push it hard enough to matter. 8GB is far more concerning from a longevity standpoint.
Apple got my money don't worry. And it won't affect my use as I doubt I will notice that missing performance core just casually browsing, etc.
But its not something I am liking with Apple Silicon and the further gimping with the M3/M4 generation( M3 Pro.....).
‘Was just kidding with Android! Would not wish that on anyone. They go my money, too! Near $2500 worth!
Yeah.
But it's just Apple slowly eroding away the specs on the lower end.
iPad Pro M2 just had a RAM difference on the storage tiers. Now it is also a CPU difference.
M3 Pro has lower memory bandwidth vs M2 Pro.
All in the name of most likely maintaining or increasing margins to please shareholders.
While in practice it doesn't effect my use case, it's the principle of the matter sometimes.
Clearly using salvaged silicon for the "low end" models. 3nm must be tricky.
Don’t worry, iPadOS won’t ever use the full capability of the chip and RAM anyway.
That will represent a doubling of RAM for me, since I'm coming from the 2017 iPad Pro. Or actually right at this moment I'm using an iPad Air 2 temporarily, so 8 GB will be a quadrupling of the RAM.
Which shows you how silly all of this is with iPadOS...8 GB is probably still overkill unless you are editing 4k video daily.
I ended up going with the 1TB model to get the extra core, RAM, and memory. I doubt I’ll need it, but I am upgrading for the first time since the 2018 iPad Pro, so if this one lasts 6 years too then the amortized cost probably doesn’t make that much a difference.
On the other hand, could easily see the logic of going lower because a 6 year improvement probably is overkill anyway.
On the other hand, could easily see the logic of going lower because a 6 year improvement probably is overkill anyway.
Yep. People who want 16 GB RAM can get 16 GB RAM... if they upgrade to 1 TB.
Upgrading to 1 TB also increases the performance. 256-512 GB models get 9-core CPU. 1-2 TB models get 10-core.
READ. 16 GB option is available.
This is where I'm sitting, with the 1TB model from 2018 that had the 6 gigs of RAM. I'm going to stick with it though, because once you add in the mandatory upgrades for magic keyboard and pencil, even with resale on this it's another $1200 out of pocket.
These new pros look awesome but is it $1200 more awesome than what I'm using? I don't think it is.
I am not upgradbing my 1TB 2018 11", but I might upgrade my 12.9" M1 because of the substantial weight reduction, but man selling all the accessories sucks...
I have 32GB RAM on my desktop and Chrome/Firefox just chews through it.
Also, having used the Air 2 on iPadOS 15, the A8+2GB RAM is frustrating (laggy, constant refresh/crash, need to wait for rendering when scrolling down webpages).
Yeah 1TB faster NVME storage, 16GB LPDDRX RAM and 10 CPU M4 CPU. Next iPad Pro in 2027 at least.
Apple just nerfed the M4 to 3 Performance Cores. When they said 50% CPU increase over the M2 they were using the 10 Core M4 Variant said the small text disclaimers the 9 Core M4 is even with the M2 that’s whey they didn’t show Graphs.
Apple just nerfed the M4 to 3 Performance Cores. When they said 50% CPU increase over the M2 they were using the 10 Core M4 Variant said the small text disclaimers the 9 Core M4 is even with the M2 that’s whey they didn’t show Graphs.
2GB does not equal 8GB. I have the iPad Pro 2018 12.9" with a mere 4GB of RAM and have had exactly zero lag anywhere. Everything is fast...so....
In which case you’re probably in the 1Tb+ league with 16Gb of RAM
Given how often Safari reloads tabs, I disagree. Or maybe the software needs more optimizing.
Yes, you have a bad taste in your mouth either for overpaying for the top models, or for being shortchanged on the base models.