Hello Mary, Brian, William and all others who have contributed to this discussion.
Mary; at your tolerance, I'm going to correct all of the spelling errors in your below post, from which I want to take sections and respond to comments. Please don't take this as a snub or anything; it just makes it easier for VoiceOver users who have spell checking enabled. On 19 Jun 2012, at 23:45, Mary Otten <[email protected]> wrote: • I too was rather surprised about the dropping of support for the original iPad i iOS6, given that they will continue support for the aged 3GS. I agree with this comment, and I am trying to get a little more insight on this issue because I don't quite see the logic. However, what I will say is that the performance of the iPad 3 in comparison to the iPad 1, (as I'll call the original iPad here), is mind-blowing. I'm comparing like with like; our iPad 1 is a 64GB model with 3G and WiFi compatibility. The new iPad does have one very big advantage. It's Wi-fi is Wireless-N rather than the slower Wireless-G which the original iPad is. The new model operates in the 5.2 GHZ band although it does appear to have fallback should the router not support Wireless-N. I am fortunate in this comparison because I can actually see both iPads working side-by-side and performing the same tasks. I couldn't believe it when I saw the difference! The iPad 1 is noticeably slower when, for instance, opening a Pages document. On the new iPad it's there in the blink of an eye. On the iPad 1, it takes 2 to 3 seconds to open the same document. Alright; you may say what is 2 to 3 seconds. That is fair comment. But when you are looking to have spontaneously accessed information, there is no doubt about it, the iPad 3 wins hands-down. Mary wrote: • Then again, Apple have never been known to give much of a fig for legacy anything. So I suppose the surprise should be that they're still supporting the 3GS, not that they're dropping support for the iPad. I own an original iPad, and I certainly would think twice about sinking big bucks in to another one if this 2-year product cycle is going to be Apple's norm for iPads. Admittedly, I bought my IPad after the 2 was already out and prices on the original had dropped a lot. But even at that, I'd have expected to get another year out of my original iPad before being tossed off the upgrade bus completely. I absolutely agree with your comment. It really is a very strange decision on Apple's part, and I do think that they have short-changed their customers here. After all, one can hardly expect to have to replace their devices quite as frequently as that. It is true that not long after the iPhone 4 was released came the iPhone 4S. Many people who had bought the iPhone 4 were extremely miffed because they weren't aware of the enhancements in the iPhone 4S when they spent their money. These things are not cheap, nor can one justify simply ditching their old models at the drop of a hat. I can tell you that, although I bought an iPad 3 for Gordon, we most definitely will not be ditching the iPad 1 because it still has a lot of life left in it yet. True: Gordon opted to upgrade his iPhone 3GS because an attractive offer came along which meant that he didn't need to pay the full price, or to change his phone number. His old 3GS went as trade-in so it didn't mean a redundant iPhone sitting in the cupboard. Actually, I believe that Apple is offering customers a 10% upgrade trade-in for their old iPad. Our only problem with that was that we'd have had to spend time and money getting the old one back to Apple before claiming our new iPad. We're off to Wimbledon soon; so I opted to buy it outright. Also there is no Apple retail store close to us, so that wasn't an option either. But in conclusion, I can only say that the iPad 3 is blisteringly fast in comparison to the original models. I have not yet discovered how you start the dictation features, so haven't tried them. Just one more little point, not that it really matters, but it is just for reference. When people write the word "iPad", it should really be done with a small letter i as the first letter, and a capital P, small a and small d. The same is true for the word "iPhone" the I=i should be lower case and the P upper. Again not that it really matters; it's just a small point. :) Lynne <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
