I know I know, yet another topic on choosing an iPad, I just figured it would be better to start a new thread based on MY needs versus asking in another persons thread. So let's dive in.
I currently have an original iPad mini, 64GB Wifi only. As most of you are aware, it's an extremely old device at this point. I certainly can tell my mini has seen better days. It's just so sluggish and mostly everything lags which makes it disappointing to use.
My uses would be writing (with my documents stored on iCloud Drive and Dropbox), browsing the web, emails (both work and personal) moderate gaming (nothing too graphic intense or demanding) streaming Netflix and Hulu. Ya know, what the average person would use their device for. I'm looking to go back to school as well but it would pretty much be where I take notes and write some shorter papers.
My main dilemma, make that my only dilemma, is what capacity would be best for my use case? I would be keeping my mini and throw most of my iTunes movies on that and I would prefer to just keep my music on my iPod, I have no need for music to be on my iPad. That's what my iPod, Mac and iPhone are for. The biggest issue I have is the $150 price jump between the 32GB 9.7" Pro and the 128GB Pro.
I wish I could say money isn't an issue for me but it is. I won't be broke per se if I spent the $850 including taxes on the 128GB model but it's a hard pill to swallow. I know I would utilize that massive amount of extra space but I feel like I'd have to go out of my way to fill it up. I don't do photo editing or anything like on my iPads. And like I stated, music would stay in the cloud, on my Mac and on my iPod.
I need a little help choosing and possibly even justifying the $150 bump in price. Any help is appreciated and mods, feel free to move this wherever or close it if you feel the need. Thanks in advance.
I currently have an original iPad mini, 64GB Wifi only. As most of you are aware, it's an extremely old device at this point. I certainly can tell my mini has seen better days. It's just so sluggish and mostly everything lags which makes it disappointing to use.
My uses would be writing (with my documents stored on iCloud Drive and Dropbox), browsing the web, emails (both work and personal) moderate gaming (nothing too graphic intense or demanding) streaming Netflix and Hulu. Ya know, what the average person would use their device for. I'm looking to go back to school as well but it would pretty much be where I take notes and write some shorter papers.
My main dilemma, make that my only dilemma, is what capacity would be best for my use case? I would be keeping my mini and throw most of my iTunes movies on that and I would prefer to just keep my music on my iPod, I have no need for music to be on my iPad. That's what my iPod, Mac and iPhone are for. The biggest issue I have is the $150 price jump between the 32GB 9.7" Pro and the 128GB Pro.
I wish I could say money isn't an issue for me but it is. I won't be broke per se if I spent the $850 including taxes on the 128GB model but it's a hard pill to swallow. I know I would utilize that massive amount of extra space but I feel like I'd have to go out of my way to fill it up. I don't do photo editing or anything like on my iPads. And like I stated, music would stay in the cloud, on my Mac and on my iPod.
I need a little help choosing and possibly even justifying the $150 bump in price. Any help is appreciated and mods, feel free to move this wherever or close it if you feel the need. Thanks in advance.
...If you opt to set up your iPad as new, you're less likely to install unnecessary or hardly used apps, in my experience.
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