Shockingly enough, Apple found plenty of things to tweak and update on its spectacularly successful iPad. Alright, so the screen resolution didn't improve and we didn't get that ultra-speedy Thunderbolt connector on board, but the iPad 2 is thinner and lighter while somehow becoming more powerful -- a 1GHz dual-core Apple A5 SOC lurks within. Check out our full breakdown of the key spec differences in the chart after the break. It's great fun, we promise! P.S. - While you're poring over these stats, don't forget that Apple's decided to slap a $100 price cut on the original iPads, making them eminently more desirable today than they were yesterday. - Engadget
Well I don't want either but even with the discount I think you would be crazy to get the first over the second. If I was in to tablets I'd buy one as the GPU is the next step up which means it should get a few impressive games that nothing else can run as yet and existing games will prob feel a good bit smoother. I'd think of the second Ipad as a early taster to the power of the next iphone and Ipod. I still think a netbook is far more useful though and probably always will but I can appreciate ipads serve a lot of peoples purposes pretty well.
I don't have an iPad but I'm really considering getting an iPad 2. I like the fact that they made it thinner.
Cpu is clocked at 800mhz and the GPU ain't 9 times faster, more like 3 times. The resolution is the same and it only has 512mb of ram which is pretty low for a device of 2011, especially seeing as other tablets will have 1GB. I reckon the Xoom will be a better performer.
Who cares about benchmark? The issue here is software, not hardware. Specs aside, the software that a tablet offers cannot compete with the software that a laptop offers. It will never compete in the software department. I don't why anyone would ever buy a tablet over a laptop.
Yeah, and the Galaxy Tab had to be better than iPad, and Android phones had to destroy the iPhone It's going to be the same old story... Apple offers the best user experience, has the best apps, and the competition just fades away. You can't just look at the hardware specs. This might change in the future, but not anytime soon.
