Update: Adobe has now removed the reference to the 4GB RAM. Hopefully because they weren’t supposed to reveal that rather than because it’s not true.
There’s apparent good news for anyone tempted by the multi-tasking capabilities of the iPad Pro: an Adobe press release has seemingly revealed that it has 4GB RAM – a doubling of the 2GB in the iPad Air 2.
iPad Pro is great for creative workflows with a high res 12.9″ touch screen display at 2732 x 2048 pixels, A9X chip, and 4GB RAM …
Apple is not noted for its generosity when it comes to RAM, even the iPhone 6 having just 1GB (though the new Apple TV got 2GB, and there is chatter that the iPhone 6S may have the same). Apple would argue that because hardware and operating system are deeply integrated, it can make more efficient use of a smaller amount.
It’s likely the fact that Apple is heavily pushing the multi-tasking capabilities of the iPad Pro that has driven the decision to opt for 4GB for the Pro. Photoshop Fix was demonstrated during the keynote, and is designed to allow easy retouching of images on the go.
Via GforGames
FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. More.
Apple admitted it in the keynote.They said it had double the memory bandwidth or however they ordered it over the iPad Air 2.
Doesn’t necessarily mean it’s more ram.
Why would they use the same amount of RAM if they could double the bandwidth? I wish Apple would post more detailed specs.
When they mentioned double the RAM speed and dual channel? (I think) and other improvements to RAM, I was assuming they were talking about 4 GB of RAM but I thought that we were going to have to wait until the tear down to find out!
Thanks Adobe!
Same here. I still wish they would used the new 3 GB and 6 GB mobile ram packages Samasung announced yesterday. 3 GB would been great for 6s and iPad Mini 4. 6 GB would been perfect for the iPad Pro.
“I wish they used the RAM modules that were announced yesterday” i know planned obsolesce speeds up these development cycles, but Apple doesn’t work THAT fast
4GB of ram on an iPad would be so awesome. Hoping it’s true and that the 6S has at least 2GB.
Should be true, by what Apple said in stage.
I’m sure AnandTech will probably take these things apart and examine the chips inside and tell us. I sure wish Apple would post that info to remove all doubt.
Is 4GB enough to put El Captain on this thing?
And its purpose would be…? Why would you want an OS that was designed for mouse input put on a device that is designed for touch input? Your question makes no sense.
I’m curious…when using the pencil, can you rest your hand on the screen and write — throughout the demonstrations i couldnt help but notice that either their hand was hovering, or it was off screen!!!
I would conjecture that the answer is “yes”. I think the hands in the demo were off of the screen because they were making big, dramatic lines for the camera, and sliding a hand across a glass surface isn’t the most comfortable of movements.