Should I upgrade my 12.9 1st Gen to iOS 11?

[mangobravo]

Will my device run iOS 11 fine or will the software cause it to lag?

 

[macgeek18]

It runs great. I couldn't be more happy.

 

[Greenmeenie]

Of course! The 12.9" ipad pro was MADE for ios 11. Not upgrading would be silly. Do it. Do it NOW!

 

[UbuntuFu]

Yes. Having the built-in Flashlight app in Control Center was totally worth it, I don't even care about the other stuff.

 

[alecgold]

Absolutly. It’s a match made in heaven Cupertino.

 

[sracer]

Will my device run iOS 11 fine or will the software cause it to lag?

Although I didn't want to lose access to my 32-bit apps, I went ahead and updated my 1st gen 12.9 Pro to 11. Unlike every other update I've experienced on iPads, this update made my 12.9 Pro *MORE* responsive. It's very smooth. I like the new dock and method of selecting apps for multitasking. The only downside at this point in time (aside from the loss of 32-bit) is the single column of widgets in landscape mode (instead of the 2 column mode under iOS 10).

 

[sparksd]

Put it on my Air 2 and it runs great.

 

[iapplelove]

OP I own an original iPad Air it it’s been running great on iOS 11. Yours should be better than fine.

 

[The Game 161]

Loving mine so far.

 

[Ivabign]

Loving mine so far.

[doublepost=1505866991][/doublepost]I ran a Geekbench 4 compute test and my 2017 12.9 IPP went from 26,704 to 29,838. CPU scores didn’t budge, but iOS11 seemed to speed up this beast.