Speeding up iPad Air

[Mucho Spanish]

I had a little over 3 GB free and my iPad was sluggish. I reset my iPad, erasing all contents and restored from iCloud backup. My iPad seems much faster, and now I have 13 GB free (not all of my photos are back).

Is my iPad faster because I erased the hard drive or because I have so much free space? How much free space should I have to keep this running snappy? Does erasing the hard drive help like it does with traditional hard drives?

Thanks

 

[iOS Gravity]

You probably need around 5GB of free space.
Just a suggestion. You should consider getting a 32GB model for the iPad Air if you won't be able to leave at least 5GB free. The 16GB model may not suit your needs.

 

[Mucho Spanish]

Thanks. I should have said in the original post that I have a 32 GB so next time I'll go for the 64 GB. Is that because it needs the disk space for RAM?

 

[iOS Gravity]

I'm not sure. Ram and storage are 2 different things. Having a little space left just leads to lag on any iOS device.

 

[Mucho Spanish]

When the iPad Air first came out, I remember Rene said on MBW that his only disappointment with the iPad Air was that Apple didn't give it enough ram.

I just found this about OS X and iOS using virtual ram: https://developer.apple.com/library...tual/ManagingMemory/Articles/AboutMemory.html

 

[theromz]

When the iPad Air first came out, I remember Rene said on MBW that his only disappointment with the iPad Air was that Apple didn't give it enough ram.

I just found this about OS X and iOS using virtual ram: https://developer.apple.com/library...tual/ManagingMemory/Articles/AboutMemory.html

I would agree with this, it terms of CPU and GPU power the air is crazy fast, too fast, but the ram sort of limits it. Anandtech also comment that 64bit apps take up 30% more ram, so usage will slowly creep up as more and more apps transition to 64bit.