That feels excessive too. 4GB of RAM on the iPad feels just fine, what additional benefit is applicable with the extra 2GB? Not trying to be mean lol, just curious.
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In pursuit of the 1TB iPad.
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Large video projects, large image manipulation, future-proofing...?
But when the next refresh for the iPad Pro comes about, with the 13X Bionic ARM APU, 6GB of system RAM might be the norm & 8GB system RAM may come standard with the top end 2TB storage models...? And hopefully a stronger chassis, maybe something in titanium & carbon fiber...?
I am just hoping iOS 13 brings all the changes we need to see the iPad Pro be a viable laptop replacement...!
And, hopefully, we will see FCPX / Logic X / Xcode come to the iPad Pro as well...?
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But when the next refresh for the iPad Pro comes about, with the 13X Bionic ARM APU, 6GB of system RAM might be the norm & 8GB system RAM may come standard with the top end 2TB storage models...? And hopefully a stronger chassis, maybe something in titanium & carbon fiber...?
I am just hoping iOS 13 brings all the changes we need to see the iPad Pro be a viable laptop replacement...!
And, hopefully, we will see FCPX / Logic X / Xcode come to the iPad Pro as well...?
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The 4GB RAM model pros can certainly handle these at incredibly competitive rates. I think the price per performance ratio for the extra 2GB of RAM is too high and unnecessary tbh.
More layers in Procreate etc?
If they’ve updated procreate to support the extra RAM anyway.. (unlike the new Air and Mini)
I tested a 512GB 11” vs a 1024GB 11” just to compare RAM utilization. The models with 4GB really only start with 3.69GB of RAM before the device is powered on. So, once your just turning on iOS, you’re sitting on the home screen with around 2.25-2.5GB free ram. I could easily use all of it, if I wanted to, or if I tried.
The same can be said for the 1024GB iPad too though, as it starts with 5.6GB of ram.
Obviously most users will not have a problem, but there are plenty of applications that can use all of this memory pretty quickly. And performance issues will arise. Stuttering, skipping, hangups, and general lagging. The worst was Adobe Rush while editing 4K iPad Pro footage. After the memory would nearly run out, you couldn’t even watch the timeline preview anymore, it was just “Chugging” at around 3 frames per second, back to a steady frame rate, and back to 3 frames per second again. Closing the application would fix the problem, but it would soon return, as memory would only deplete again. This is after a lot of effects, and plenty of things going on in a single timeline.
I have never ran the 1024GB 11” out of ram before. I’ve tried, not a stutter, never a skip, it has never reached that point where performance goes downhill due to starving for memory. I have utilized 5GB of ram.. But you reach a point when it it using 5GB of ram for active applications, and inactive applications, with some free ram too, but anymore applications are just taking ram from the allotted inactive ram lol. So, I came to the conclusion that 6GB of ram is more than enough for iOS!
I spent to many hours with these devices side by side. With the exact same file system, exact same iOS setup, I was even loading storage space in increments, as I dug deeper and deeper in to this myth lol. I filled my 1TB iPad Pro to over 900GB with duplicates of this same giant file over and over again. As memory utilization stayed the exact same within margin of error which was less than 1% on either model.
So what do you get? A lot of ram to use, and a ton of storage space. And you can use it all lol
All iPad pro’s are optimized incredibly well. And it prioritizes ram usage pretty close to how Mac computers do. 4GB iPad pro’s, or 6GB iPad pro’s will always remain smooth almost all the time. I wouldn't worry to much about it.
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I purchased the 1TB strictly for the extra ram. It was worth it to me, the applications I was using are 100% smooth now.
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If Final Cut Pro comes out for the iPad and we get a real file system with external storage support I’d be all over a 1TB iPad Pro. But until that happens it’s like using a Ferrari in school zone.