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Originally Posted by dangonay
(Post 7831178)
^ First off, why were you doing something with a "one hour deadline" on an iPad instead of a PC?
Which iPad are you using? Which iOS version? JB'd or not? Would that PDF file be something I could download from a website somewhere, or is it confidential? I'm quite sure I know the reasons why your iPad is lagging (based on what I see in the video). I'm just not sure why it didn't occur to you.
I work with PDF's (technical PDF's mostly filled with drawings and wiring diagrams) all day long on my iPad at work. I also routinely switch to e-mail to send/receive e-mails regarding progress on jobs I'm doing along with a couple other Apps. I never experience anything like what you are showing.
So If I come on a forum and say the iPad is good for reading PDF's and sending e-mails, and someone else (you) comes on saying it's useless for that, who should they believe? The person who does the exact task your describing every single day, or the one who admits what they were doing was "very specific" (your words, not mine)?
This is the problem people have with your original post. You found a specific situation that didn't work for you and made a blanket statement that the iPad is useless for anything based on your example.
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I was traveling at the time, and didn't have time to do the work until the last minute before their deadline. It was just a favour, so I just stopped by at a coffee shop and did the proofreading for them on the ipad.
Specs, ipad 2, ios 5.1 (would have been 5 when I first did the work, in fact the OS upgrade may have helped eliminate a touch of lag, because it seemed like 5 seconds before, not 3 like in the video), not JB'd. The PDF is confidential...
The lagging is not unique to this file or my ipad. It happens on the device because there isn't enough memory, and the OS is not designed for quick task switching. It is what I have been saying all along since the ipad 1 (which was a LOT worse, and practically unusable). It is not something I made up to "bash" the ipad or you. I have NOTHING against the ipad or you. It is A PIECE OF HARDWARE. This is my OBJECTIVE opinion, based on EXPERIENCE. I know it is laggy, can demonstrate the lag, and most importantly, I know WHY it is laggy.
Yes, you can flip through apps quickly when everything is loaded in the 512MB of ram, and make it look fast. But when you try DOING STUFF at the same time, you WILL run into lag. It is not a subjective opinion, it is not "just me" it is based on the design of the hardware. It is a TOY. And like I keep saying so as not to offend people who for some reason take a personal stake in a brand or product, it does THAT THING quite well.
The lag is not "very specific" but in this case I can exactly recall what I was doing, and replicate it, because the task was specific. There are many other instances you can bring up where it is laggy due to hardware and software design, but I am not going to make a video about everything. You can try some things out for yourself, for instance try scrolling a half loaded web page or document. You can't do it, because 100% of the processor is used for the task of making scrolling seem smooth.
I make a blanket statement that the ipad 2 doesn't have enough RAM to be useful for general productivity. It might be fun to play around with games and watch videos, but try doing WORK on it, you will run into problem after problem due to lag. Whether it is this specific instance, or others (such as data entry). The more you TRY to do with it, the more you will run into problems.
If you don't run into these problems GREAT!
FANTASTIC! You are using it how it is designed to be used - as a toy that is fun to play with. Even though they market it as a productivity tool, I bet less than 5% of the users actually use it for such things. And if they do, they will be unsatisfied as they run into issues with RAM, laggy OS, etc, as I have each time I try to be productive with it.
