I don’t really know how RAM gets allocated. If a new OS supports greater background/multitasking, would current programs be able to eat up more RAM, perhaps over 8GB?
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iPad Pro Struggling with the storage/RAM decision for 12.9"
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That's what AppleCare+ is for.
Mind, we still have a 2014 Air 2 and 2016 Pro 9.7 in active use in our household. Two of my primary use iPads are 2017 Pros (so 4 years old). I hate working on the Air 2 now but with later models, I think 5 years of good performance is perfectly doable.
Why spend money to buy another tablet that will do exactly the same things your current iPad Pro can do?
Apple marketing is amazing.
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I guess now that you can continue to buy AC+ past the initial 2 years helps. I wasn’t saying you couldn’t use it for 5 years, but it can break or get lost well before that. Having said that, will it be enjoyable to use in 5 years?
I guess now that you can continue to buy AC+ past the initial 2 years helps. I wasn’t saying you couldn’t use it for 5 years, but it can break or get lost well before that. Having said that, will it be enjoyable to use in 5 years?
From experience with lower end or older iPads, I'd say yes. On the 2017 A10X/4GB, my main gripe is RAM and not CPU speed. 8GB might be cutting it close after 5 years but I expect 16GB will still be comfortable.
I just checked the manufacture date on my current ipad pro 12.9. It’s over 5 years old.
Well congratulations!
I have a 1st gen 12.9" Pro, but it's not as enjoyable to use as my current 11".
I pushed my iPad Air to 7 years. It was barely usable in the end though. Very slow and missing a lot of newer features and updates. 5 years is the upper bound for sure.
Not in every country and not in mine. So you make a point, if you drop your maxed out iPad pro after AC+ expires you are out $2000I guess now that you can continue to buy AC+ past the initial 2 years helps. I wasn’t saying you couldn’t use it for 5 years, but it can break or get lost well before that. Having said that, will it be enjoyable to use in 5 years?
If AC+ has expired and I dropped a 2K iPad I would just claim off my house insurance that’s covers accident damaged
Well I am not sure about this, but I have some doubts that my house insurance would cover this kind of accidental damage, maybe I should read the contract more closely....
in the UK you can cover contents with accidental cover for a slight increase over standard contents. Covers TV, Laptops etc
Interesting, I guess there is some sort of franchise (if that's the word in English...) but worth having if you have expensive devices
A8X/2GB is when longevity gets better. The A9X notches it up quite a bit more with around desktop Sandy Bridge/Ivy Bridge level.
I think there were some years where we saw (almost) double the performance on Apple chipsets. I believe that's actually slowed down to around 20-30% YOY of late.
The 6-year old 2015 iPad Pro and 4-year old 2017 iPad Pro still perform quite decently right now even if lacking in some features.
It was a lower storage model too so you have additionally some SSD wear leveling that complicates matters in terms of longevity. You'll get SSD slowdown in the 7 year time horizon which will be more pronounced on lower storage sizes than on larger ones and it is a lot harder to discern if the iPad is slow because the CPU is now stretched or if it is SSD wear or battery aging.
7 years was a good run though!
If the SSD does proper garbage collection, it shouldn't be slowing down due to wear. Alas, SSDs do slow down when they're filled and one's more likely to have a 16-32GB iPad full than a 1-2TB one.
Due to how SSDs work (basically like internal RAID-0), higher storage tiers tend to be faster than lower ones, too, at least until they get bandwidth bottlenecked. Apart from benchmarks, I remember doing some real world testing on the iPhone 7 32GB and 256GB. The 256GB model was noticeably faster installing large apps and app updates.
You are right more memory it's better but if the price is way high stay with what you need
Well, when I tried to add the 1TB model to my cart, it said the item wasn't available, and I did so just a minute after the orders started...not sure if I could have done so if I tried again, but since I was on the fence about it anyway, I was able to add the 512GB model. I doubt I'd ever really have the need for 16GB of RAM, let alone 1TB of storage- and may not even need the 512GB of SSD, but I'm happy with my choice.
There was seemingly an issue with the ordering at the stroke of 8:00am EST. Many of us struggled to get an order in, but about 5 to 10 minutes later that hiccup was resolved
I'd stick with your current selection for a couple of reasons.
1. you'll lose your place in line, and the latest delivery dates are in July - not sure when you ordered yours but if you did it as soon as the orders opened up, that's a major delay.
2. Your current usage is such that 512GB is over kill. Even if you put everything that's on your phone on your iPad you still have more then enough storage. Also you can leverage iCloud storage if you wish to alleviate the storage and/or external storage.
Rather than canceling your order, after receiving it you could take it to the Apple store for exchange. If none are in your area, you request an RMA from Apple to ship it back at no cost.
I was able to get the may 21st-28th delivery. I might just keep with what I have ordered initially. But I never thought of this before, I do have several apple stores in my area, they would let me exchange it on launch for a higher model when new orders have ship dates in July?
Usually Apple stores have stock on the same day product arrives for home delivery. But I'd advise getting there way early.