iOS 5 and iPad 1

[striker27]

My iPad1 is working fine with the upgrade...


I do not notice much of an issue use mostly newspaper apps and weather some browsing and photos.

 

[myrtlebee]

Tell your sister not to be afraid. Mine works just fine.

Typing doesn't lag and Safari has never crashed.

Good! I'm glad to hear that. I guess what with millions of users out there and only a few threads on the entire internet with a max of a couple of hundred people, it may not be a widespread issue. Depending on how hers performs when she receives it, I may order a refurbed 1st gen from Apple after Wednesday's release (maybe a price drop to $199 for a 16GB?) for light use around the house. I'm pretty sure checking e-mail and watching youtube won't require a dual core processor.

 

[Resqu2]

Thanks. My bad.

But now I have second thought about upgrading to 5 after all the things I read in this thread.

Just don't do it! you won't like it and Safari is mostly ruined, especially on forums and news sites plus it crashes like crazy

 

[irDigital0l]

+1 for this.

My wife has iOS 5 on her iPad 1. It's a very frustrating and sluggish experience for her. Safari, in particular, is a horrible experience; not a smooth browsing experience and crashes frequently.

They seem to been the same for me. iOS4 and iOS5, maybe a little bit slower, but most have it greatly exaggerated. Safari doesn't crash every 10 mins and apps don't crash randomly unless you have like a really RAM consuming app in your multitask try or a buildup of lots of apps.

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Just don't do it! you won't like it and Safari is mostly ruined, especially on forums and news sites plus it crashes like crazy

No it doesn't.

I have 2 iPad 1's both running iOS 5.0.1.

Yes they sometime do crash but my iPhone 4 also sometimes crashes. iOS 5 works great with the iPad 1.

 

[myrtlebee]

Just don't do it! you won't like it and Safari is mostly ruined, especially on forums and news sites plus it crashes like crazy

Ugh, there's so much conflicting advice in these threads. I will update here later in the week and let people know how my situation goes and how the current refurbs from Apple are responding with iOS 5.