Re: iPad Question

On Fri, 28 Oct 2011 12:10:49 -0400, Jim_Higgins
<gordian238@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On 10/28/11 12:03 PM, Josh Rosenbluth wrote:
On Oct 28, 10:49 am, Alias<a...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
On 10/28/2011 01:51 PM, Josh wrote:





On 10/28/2011 5:23 AM, Alias wrote:
On 10/28/2011 03:23 AM, Josh wrote:
On 10/27/2011 8:50 PM, Alias wrote:
On 10/28/2011 02:34 AM, Josh wrote:
On 10/27/2011 8:02 PM, Alias wrote:
On 10/27/2011 09:41 PM, El Castor wrote:
And pay no attention to Alias. As with everything else, he is
clueless.

You're the one that doesn't know the difference between a hard drive
and
memory. There's no way an iPad has that much memory.

The iPad doesn't have a hard drive. It uses flash memory for storage.

Call it what you want, it's not RAM. Technically not a hard drive,
you're right, but storage nonetheless, not RAM.

Who said it was RAM?

"Memory" usually refers to RAM, of course. The Apple web site says
"storage", not memory.

The popular use of "memory" for an iPad refers to flash memory:

You mean flash memory *storage*.



http://www.ehow.com/facts_7572704_much-memory-should-ipad.html
http://www.ipadcorral.com/ipad-storage-how-much-memory-is-enough
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/usb-memory-storage-flash-drive/id44799...

http://www.ipadnewsdaily.com/how-to-choose-the-right-ipad-0732/
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ezra-klein/2010/05/ipad_memory.html

The Apple site says storage, which, of course, you didn't quote, except
for the iTunes page which *also* says storage.

It says memory storage.

Memory can refer to RAM or flash memory storage.

Save your breath, you are talking to a concrete block.

FWIW -- RAM in connection with the iPad does not have the importance
that it might in a PC. Apple makes the CPU, as well as the OS, and the
hardware device, itself. All three are designed to work together --
seamlessly. It has the RAM it needs. Storage, as Josh explained, is a
matter of personal preference. Other tablets are more of a kluge of
the Android OS (which isn't as well suited for a tablet), and whatever
hardware the manufacturer throws together. My wife's Color Nook, a 7"
modified Android tablet, has a good size and display for reading, but
other aspects like document handling, screen sensitivity, and the
general user interface are enough to piss off the Pope.

The touch screen on the iPad, on the other hand, is marvelous.
Extremely sensitive. Little details like turning a page in the iBooks
app can be amazing. Pages turn with a tap, but a slow swipe will curl
the page over like a paper page, and just like a thin semi-translucent
piece of paper, a mirror image of the print on the opposite side of
the page bleeds through to the back. Most companies would likely fire
a programmer who took the time to accomplish that, but Apple probably
gave him a raise.

Another nice feature is that columns of print in Safari, and most apps
that contain printed text from the web, can be double tapped, causing
the column to snap out to the full width of the screen, making it much
more readable.

And ... all apps are sandboxed, meaning that they drop into their own
unique folder, leaving them with no access to other apps, or the OS.
Combine that with the fact that the source code of all apps is
inspected by Apple before the app gets posted in the app store, and
it's almost impossible to get infected with malware.
.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: memory requirements of closed vs quit apps
    ... Close those tabs. ... I'd imagine it's the OS just trying to work out which memory needs ... The UI thing is exacerbated by the behaviour of apps to ... IMO 1Gb of RAM should easily ...
    (uk.comp.sys.mac)
  • Re: main memory vs. storage memory on 128 meg samsung 1 730 ppc phone
    ... This type is commonly used in WM devices (and storage cards). ... OS would copy itself to RAM taking out some of it. ... > How fast is the main memory compared to the flash ram memory in ... >> Fake storage card composed of flash is relatively slow, ...
    (microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.compactframework)
  • Re: Lightwave hardware & question about cache
    ... No real point, if it's not going to run most of the stuff I have, including most of my apps. ... In a 32bit environment, the maximum addressable memory is 4GB and all BIOS space, hardware memory addresses/ROMs, video memory, etc.. ... On an average workstation or gaming rig with a 256MB video card, there's really only enough address space left over for about 3.5GB of usable RAM. ... I personally love this board, other then my ram issues, which I keep hold hope that they will fix it with a BIOS update. ...
    (comp.graphics.apps.lightwave)
  • Re: Free RAM space
    ... My computer can only hold 512 Mbytes of RAM. ... Wanting to minimize the amount of memory Windows uses is a counterproductive ... then give it back when your apps later need it. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
  • Re: Fascinating article (TidBits) about Sandboxing and Gatekeeper
    ... idle processes could be entirely swapped out to disk. ... This caused apps to stall and windows to show blank for a few ... Apps requesting the most memory have their pages swapped out ... running 10.6.8 needed RAM upgrades after moving to 10.7. ...
    (comp.sys.mac.apps)