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Thread ID: 123607 2012-03-06 20:49:00 iPad 3...interesting....tempting... tingle (6539) PC World Chat
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1263389 2012-03-07 20:14:00 3633 johcar (6283)
1263390 2012-03-07 20:18:00 Bahahaahahaha so good :D

Still trumped by the Tegra2 in terms of CPU / GPUs.
The Tegra 3 on the Prime has a 5-core CPU and a 12-core GPU.

Screen is nice though, and I'm sure it'll be nice for Apple people to be able to share photos with more than just Twitter now :p
Chilling_Silence (9)
1263391 2012-03-08 00:03:00 I bet the iFans will que up to buy this to replace their 6 ~ 12 month old iPad2s .. paulw (1826)
1263392 2012-03-08 00:35:00 Awesome review: Apple Releases Last Year's Tablet. The Tech World Swoons (rootzwiki.com) johcar (6283)
1263393 2012-03-08 00:54:00 Pretty good article for the apple dislikers out there. A lot of interesting facts that I didn't know!

Me I don't care either way really, if I like a product, I'll buy it regardless of the manufacturer..

rootzwiki.com
tingle (6539)
1263394 2012-03-08 00:56:00 oops sorry johcar, didn't see your post. tingle (6539)
1263395 2012-03-08 01:13:00 Yeah I'd picked up on that too while watching some Live Blogs this morning...

New iPad = Dual-Core (Presumably 1Ghz or 1.2Ghz, similar to the A5?) with 4-core GPU
Original Transformer TF101 = Tegra 2 with Dual-Core 1.2Ghz with 8-core GPU
Transformer Prime = Tegra 3 with Quad-Core 1.3Ghz CPU, an additional 5th Low-power "companion" core, and a 12-core GPU

So lets even give it the benefit of the doubt and say they've bumped up the A5X to 1.3Ghz, and then everybody knows that just like megapixels aren't the "be all and end all" of photo quality, the GPU cores don't specifically equate to faster processing for games... It's still only playing catch up to a device that's now 3 generations old, considering the Transformer Infinity will be released very shortly too (So Infinity is current, Prime being the second generation, Original being 3rd generation old).

Only thing that's really "top of the line" is the screen.
Chilling_Silence (9)
1263396 2012-03-08 03:40:00 Ipad2 $580, dam I should have waited plod (107)
1263397 2012-03-08 04:02:00 Now I wonder if it's worth getting the Prime... sahilcc7 (15483)
1263398 2012-03-08 08:40:00 All they really needed to do to sell the maximum number of them is say "iPad 3 - Makes angry birds angrier". pine-o-cleen (2955)
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