Isn't iPadOS built so that single apps can't grab all the RAM anyway? IOW, if you heavily multitask having more RAM helps, but if you're just running Safari, going to 16 GB from 8 GB won't help you much.
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iPad Pro Eight. Gigabytes. Of RAM.
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Ive seen videos in past where the 8 seems to run pretty much equal with 16 trying lots different scenarios multi apps running, large files rendering, etc.
I don't see the need for 16gb with this OS. Maybe games, but I don't know about that. I'll save some money.
There's the future proofing angle, but I don't see anything in the near future. Wish I did.
There's the future proofing angle, but I don't see anything in the near future. Wish I did.
And that is why they pull these stunts…..
Unless someone can really utilize the extra ram, I think best to just to save the extra cost and just upgrade sooner instead of trying to future proof.
I’d like OLED, but as someone who doesn’t need a Pro, I can’t justify the money unless it has the extra RAM to future proof for that long. The 2022 Air has the same RAM as a 2024 256 Pro.
I’m going to have to wait for it to filter down I think.
For more than the price of a new iPad Air, to be precise. 😕
You didn't wonder why the 1TB option costs twice as much on the Pro as on the Air? 👀
£600 extra to get 750GB more storage and an additional 8GB RAM. That will cost Apple under £70-80, easily. You just have to laugh at this point.
The storage cost them probably a fiver. The RAM maybe 15 quid tops. The extra core? Let's be generous and call that a tenner, otherwise they would have to dump their chips where one core didn't work. £30-----> £600. A 2,000% markup. Thanks Apple 😬
It is laughable. If someone simply wanted a 1TB upgrade on storage and didn't care about the RAM and extra performance core, they'd be stuck with a 12,000% up charge. 👏🏼
Memory footprint of iPadOS is about 750MB and iPadOS apps don't hog memory like desktop apps do.
Yes, iPadOS uses about 4 times less memory than macOS and the apps go into save state and release themselves from memory when they are not in foreground view.
seems very optimistic to me... My 3GB RAM mini 5 reloads even by switching from one tab to the other in safari...
It's not your OS that's the issue. It's all the damn bloated javascript and adware the websites load.
That's your assumption with no proof (by the way I block any ads). Nobody has hard numbers since there is no first party resource monitor (and thrid party ones are useless and inconsistent, I have tried half a dozen of them). Anyway, I don't care what the reason is, it happens less with 4GB, but still way too often, much less with 6 and even less with 8, so RAM is pretty useful for that.
I wasn't talking about that. My understanding was that iOS / iPadOS implemented a maximum per app memory allocation.
For example, back in the day, it was noticed that ProCreate was limited to x number of layers, regardless if it was on a 4 GB iPad Pro or an 6 GB iPad Pro. Supposedly it was because iOS limited the amount of memory that could be allocated to single individual apps. But then Apple raised the limit later, allowing ProCreate to increase the number of layers supported on the 6 GB model.
However, that was many years ago. I don't know how it works these days, but I would assume iPadOS still doesn't allow Safari to allocate all/most of that 16 GB to itself. I'm guessing that's why people wouldn't see much of a difference in tab reloads between 8 GB and 16 GB iPad Pros when using Safari, but both would be a big improvement over a 3 GB iPad.
Apple has ZERO reason to do anything different when customers plunk down a truckload of cash after a few minutes of complaining online about Apple's behavior.
In the end, Apple doesn't care whether you like what they're doing or not, as long as after all is said and done... you've given your money to them. 😁
Do you mean that the loss of 25% of P cores and none of E cores leads to a 33% performance loss ?
I got the base 13” Pro with 8 Gigs of RAM which should be fine for my use case- the only thing that makes me hesitate a bit is WWDC next month. I’m a little nervous they’re going to announce AI specific feature as that only work with models with the higher RAM amounts. It sounds like a lot of AI related tasks are pretty RAM intensive. Not too worried about it, but just something that i’ve been thinking about…
With the 512 GB you are getting 4 GB SDRAM (x2) and 256 GB NAND Flash Memory (x2). The move to 1 TB doubles the sizes of four different components: 8 GB x2 and 512 GB x2. You also get a better binned processor without a disabled performance core. Just a matter of if that performance is worth a $400 premium to you over the 512 GB. 1 TB storage feels like a waste for my needs, but I wanted the rest, so I bit the bullet.
They do seem to allow it though. Otherwise, free RAM on my 1TB M1 iPP wouldn't be sitting at 1-3GB when Safari's the only memory hog I use.
It seems like Apple used to implement a per tab memory limit in Safari but I think they might have lifted or increased those limits, too.