Re:What I learned from watching my iPad's slow death
by scarface74 on Tuesday February 06, 2018 @10:28PM
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Yes it could happen. But today February 8th, 2018. Every iPad that ever existed can view videos on Netflix, Hulu, Crackle, CW, etc. They can all connect to a standard mail server or Exchange server, sync Calendars using standard protocols, read ebooks from Apple, play music with Spotify, Airplay to the latest devices, or use Bluetooth, print to any AirPrint compatible printer (most consumer wireless printers), etc.
I know because I own a first generation iPad that does all of the above - after a reset last year and downloading older versions of apps.
The only thing I can't do is view the modern web with a tablet with a measly 256MB of RAM.
The capabilities of the first generation iPad in 2010 compared to a modern iPad is like night and day.
I have a 2008 Core 2 Duo 2.66Ghz laptop with 4GB of RAM, Gigabit ethernet, that runs the latest version of Windows. The average consumer laptop only comes with 8GB of RAM and gigabit ethernet is still the fastest consumer networking protocol. It serves as my Plex Server.
A modern iPad has 8 times the amount of RAM, a processor that's orders of magnitude faster, etc. You can't compare the improvements in mobile to the lack of improvements in desktop computers.
Back in 2008, could you imagine using a 10 year old computer and still expecting support from a new OS like you can with a 10 year old computer today?
I know because I own a first generation iPad that does all of the above - after a reset last year and downloading older versions of apps.
The only thing I can't do is view the modern web with a tablet with a measly 256MB of RAM.
The capabilities of the first generation iPad in 2010 compared to a modern iPad is like night and day.
I have a 2008 Core 2 Duo 2.66Ghz laptop with 4GB of RAM, Gigabit ethernet, that runs the latest version of Windows. The average consumer laptop only comes with 8GB of RAM and gigabit ethernet is still the fastest consumer networking protocol. It serves as my Plex Server.
A modern iPad has 8 times the amount of RAM, a processor that's orders of magnitude faster, etc. You can't compare the improvements in mobile to the lack of improvements in desktop computers.
Back in 2008, could you imagine using a 10 year old computer and still expecting support from a new OS like you can with a 10 year old computer today?