I’ve always been an iPad fan. I had the first gen, the second gen, and the third gen. After that, I decided to stop upgrading for a bit and just be happy with my device. I had no idea that would turn into 8 years before my next upgrade!
Sure, many people will rant and rave about how bad the iPad 3 is and how they felt short-changed when the 4 came up so quickly. But meh. I’ve never had the big issues people talk about with it, and could care less about the release of the 4 because something new is ALWAYS around the corner. My iPad 3 did wonderfully for me for many years. The only reason it took me so long to upgrade is because the next year I graduated high school and became a broke college kid. Then life happened and now I’m finally in a place I like to be and can afford new toys!
That being said, this upgrade is a welcome one for sure. On my old device, software was out of date, apps were running out of support, and 8 years of use had slowed it down. When apple announced the new 8th gen, I decided it was time. I‘ve had it for about a week now, and I’ve fallen in love all over again (I’m even typing this out on the Smart Keyboard with it). It’s no pro and it’s no air, but I have no complaints about the speed of the A12. It‘s a wonderful media device, its lightweight and easy to type on with the Smart Keyboard, and it’s great to finally be able to download new apps again XD. The only complaint I could possibly have about this work of art is the screen. It would be nice to have the DPI of the mini or the laminate of the mini/air. However, retina is still retina and great, and I can just change my angle if I get a reflection so it’s not a big deal.
Overall a fantastic product and I’m beyond happy that I finally got a new life tool to replace my close-to-decade-old iPad 3. Now it’s buddy (MacBook Air M1) needs to hurry up and arrive!
Sure, many people will rant and rave about how bad the iPad 3 is and how they felt short-changed when the 4 came up so quickly. But meh. I’ve never had the big issues people talk about with it, and could care less about the release of the 4 because something new is ALWAYS around the corner. My iPad 3 did wonderfully for me for many years. The only reason it took me so long to upgrade is because the next year I graduated high school and became a broke college kid. Then life happened and now I’m finally in a place I like to be and can afford new toys!
That being said, this upgrade is a welcome one for sure. On my old device, software was out of date, apps were running out of support, and 8 years of use had slowed it down. When apple announced the new 8th gen, I decided it was time. I‘ve had it for about a week now, and I’ve fallen in love all over again (I’m even typing this out on the Smart Keyboard with it). It’s no pro and it’s no air, but I have no complaints about the speed of the A12. It‘s a wonderful media device, its lightweight and easy to type on with the Smart Keyboard, and it’s great to finally be able to download new apps again XD. The only complaint I could possibly have about this work of art is the screen. It would be nice to have the DPI of the mini or the laminate of the mini/air. However, retina is still retina and great, and I can just change my angle if I get a reflection so it’s not a big deal.
Overall a fantastic product and I’m beyond happy that I finally got a new life tool to replace my close-to-decade-old iPad 3. Now it’s buddy (MacBook Air M1) needs to hurry up and arrive!
back when 4GB of RAM sounded like over-kill. I had a 2011 MBP with the i5 Core 2 Duo when I first got my iPad 3 and I felt like it was blazing fast at the timel
