Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.

bryanc28

macrumors 6502
Dec 7, 2007
385
79
Arlington, Va
Don't get the N7, you'll get choppy, laggy performance. Try the N10 if you want to go Android, maybe it's better.

LOL. I am very much an Apple fan, but I am using the Nexus 7 for web browsing way more than I did with iPad Mini and Regular iPad. Plus the WiFi on the iPads seemed to go in out and, but it is very stable on the Nexus 7. I personally think the Nexus 7 loads pages perfectly and I experience zero lag (I am also VERY picky about "laggy" and "choppy" performances).
 

Wolfpup

macrumors 68030
Sep 7, 2006
2,929
105
LOL. I am very much an Apple fan, but I am using the Nexus 7 for web browsing way more than I did with iPad Mini and Regular iPad. Plus the WiFi on the iPads seemed to go in out and, but it is very stable on the Nexus 7. I personally think the Nexus 7 loads pages perfectly and I experience zero lag (I am also VERY picky about "laggy" and "choppy" performances).

Could depend one what router you have too. I've had zero issues with my iPad 2's wifi, and prefer it over my Nexus 7 basically just because of the larger screen. (Otherwise I suppose I'd prefer having more browsers available.)

I haven't had the Nexus long but the performance seems good. The 2x RAM (compared to the iPad 2 or Mini or iPod 5) is definitely noticeable. Should actually have about 1/3 to over 2x the CPU power available too.

While my iPad 2 connects flawlessly to my friend's wifi, I've noticed my iPod 5 disconnects constantly, but is fine with my Airport Extreme soooo I kind of think maybe some wifi chips are just finicky with some routers :-/
 

bryanc28

macrumors 6502
Dec 7, 2007
385
79
Arlington, Va
Could depend one what router you have too. I've had zero issues with my iPad 2's wifi, and prefer it over my Nexus 7 basically just because of the larger screen. (Otherwise I suppose I'd prefer having more browsers available.)

I haven't had the Nexus long but the performance seems good. The 2x RAM (compared to the iPad 2 or Mini or iPod 5) is definitely noticeable. Should actually have about 1/3 to over 2x the CPU power available too.

While my iPad 2 connects flawlessly to my friend's wifi, I've noticed my iPod 5 disconnects constantly, but is fine with my Airport Extreme soooo I kind of think maybe some wifi chips are just finicky with some routers :-/

I thought maybe it was my router, but my iPhones 4, 4S, 5, Nexus 7, desktop and laptop ALL have great connections. Both iPad 4's and the iPad mini I had were horrible the way they dropped WiFi. I would get so frustrated with the iPad's dropping connection, I was more and more using the Nexus 7. I have no idea why it was just the iPad's - it was frustrating as I loved their form factor, but the WiFi connection dropping off and on was a deal breaker.
 

ReanimationN

macrumors 6502a
Sep 7, 2011
724
0
Australia
I personally think the Nexus 7 loads pages perfectly and I experience zero lag (I am also VERY picky about "laggy" and "choppy" performances).

I never had lag in loading websites on my N7, I was talking about touch response. There's an example of the difference in that lockergnome video, they're not on par.
 

Wolfpup

macrumors 68030
Sep 7, 2006
2,929
105
I never had lag in loading websites on my N7, I was talking about touch response. There's an example of the difference in that lockergnome video, they're not on par.


is that a game?

I haven't noticed anything weird yet.

I found out how to kill performance on this nexus 7 though... copy filed to it!

iOS is no speed demon...a 5400rpm hard drive runs circles arouindmoit, but this is crazy slow. despite 4 CPUs the interface must be 10-100 slower when copying files in the background, and I'm seeing just over 2MB/s transfers.

I remember an old arm 11 android device being like that, bit this is weird.

I did however turn on encryption. obnoxiously unlike iOS it isn't on by default, and you have to. have a password set up for it to encrypt. took an hour to encrypt everything. I'm saying thast because I wonder if it's the CPU doing all this, and maybe things would be faster with it turned off. would love to see CPU utilization.


I wonder if iOS has some kind of hardware hardwired for encryption
 
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.