I’m thinking about getting an iPAD. I want to be able to hook up to the wireless on my boat, surf the web, use e-mail, watch movies and output HDMI to a LCD screen. An iPAD (first generation) with 32 GIG is $499. With 64 GIG it is $599. iPad 2s are $100 additional. Do I need 64 GIG? And is iPAD2 worth the extra $100/$200?
“I’m thinking about getting an iPAD. I want to be able to hook up to the wireless on my boat, surf the web, use e-mail, watch movies and output HDMI to a LCD screen. An iPAD (first generation) with 32 GIG is $499. With 64 GIG it is $599. iPad 2s are $100 additional. Do I need 64 GIG? And is iPAD2 worth the extra $100/$200?”
I’m not Swordmaker, but I’ll take a swing at this.
If I were you, I’d go for a 32 GB iPad 2. If you don’t know whether you need 64, I’m pretty sure you don’t. Unless you store a lot of media (music, movies) on the iPhone at once you’ll be fine. You can always swap it back and forth using iTunes. I’ve had a 32 GB iPhone for some time, and still have 20 GB available, for whatever that’s worth.
The reason I recommend the iPad 2 is there’s a lot of value there. Much faster processor and graphics, double the RAM, two cameras, and HDMI out (no HDMI out on the original iPad, so if you want it you have to go iPad 2).
Plus you’re future-proof for an extra year any way you look at it. ;-)
I hope it helped!
Two considerations. First if HDMI is a major requirement, the iPad1 will not do HDMI of all content to the big screen but the iPad2 will. However, the iPad1 and 2 will both do HD content direct to AppleTV (a $99 WIFI device with a lot more functionality for your TV) without HDMI. The iPad2 will send anything you can see on its screen out through HDMI to the big screen TV with an adaptor (which has simultaneous charging, a big plus). The AppleTV device can access Netflix ($7.99 a month) and get unlimited streaming HD movies and TV episodes from older series such as Heroes, Lost, etc.) Both iPads can also receive and display this Netflix content from your account.
Secondly, while I have not filled up my 64GB first generation iPad, I will probably go ahead and buy a 64GB iPad 2 because of future possibilities...
eBay pricing on a used iPad1 64G WIFI 3G is $550 right now. I am selling mine to finance the purchase of the iPad2.