Oh really? You think I don't know what a GPU and a CPU is? I just give you an obvious fact that the Xoom is rendering 1280 and that's 30% more data than the iPad 2. I just give you the real power of the CPU and the Xoom blow away the iPad 2 in the other area. By the iPad 2 is running 900MHz dual-core ARM CPU and NOT the 1.2ghz that everyone thought.
Can you be more specific? Anandtech has been doing this a long time. Apparently not. Yup. And even if you account for that, those benchmarks are still high. It's all quite relative, though; most reviews state in regular usage the ipad performs quite well. In any case, I posted that for comparisons between iPads and the high marks for the GPU; if you felt the need to get upset and go in another direction it's neither here nor there.
you guys are stupid. just go with whatever product you like and leave it be, not that complicated and not that hard.
That post is full of wrong information, Cowboy, not too mention a little conspiracy theory thrown in. Wow at how bad some of these guys are getting. "THE TRUTH WILL COME OUT!!!" haha I'm not sure what you pulled that from, but I think I'll sooner believe that Anandtech isn't in some vast conspiracy to make the Xoom look bad by pulling numbers from a harder test for it's benchmarks. It's got a lot of things wrong; Anandtech did the testing, not Engadget and the Samsung Galaxy phones use a different version of the GPU. In addition, the article flat out states that they used GLBenchmark 2.0. Which uses OpenGL ES 2.0. As stated here: That whole thing is flat out wrong. I'm gonna just hope you made another mistake and didn't buy into that hook line and sinker just because you really want to believe. These fanboy wars are getting sad.
blah blah who cares? just buy what you like... just like someone else said earlier.. I bought the ipad 2 because it works well and suits all my needs as a entertainment/media device for email, netflix, internet browsing. But the big bonus is its sexy as hell So thin and pretty. The xoom unfortunately isnt as pretty and sleek.. Plus there is no wifi only mode and it costs more
And even they said it really isn't fair. In some of their stuff the iPad 1 beat the iPad 2. These are not graphics cards running on a test build machine where these benchmarks might matter. The hardware is likely very similar. The real contest is in which has the cooler games that your friends are playing and the answer there is iPad. iPad has the tablet gaming market wrapped up thanks to the iPhone. If the user was was going to be mostly watching movies, the Xoom is probably the better choice.
Can I ask you why people care about thin so much? the original ipad had a curved back that prevented me from buying it because you could not even sit it flat on a table. the only reason I can think of it being like that is to make it look thinner. My ipod touch 4g has curved edges and is so thin it is actually hard to hold. My friend bought an edge lit LCD tv that looks much worse than the backlit LED screens. I wish apple would chill with thin and focus more on weight for these tablets. Current form factor is fine.
I saw it on a Xoom forum. I can find it for you later. the bottom line is not really hardware with these things anyways so benchmarks seem kinda weird.
Oh I agree, but as was my whole point in the original post that kicked all that other junk off, it's just a nice illustration to see how much of an improvement the iPad made from the first gen to the new one. It makes a difference in the software/entertainment. (ie It's not all just Angry Birds) And yeah, if you can find that link I'd like to read it. I would think that even considering the tablet format, GPU tests can still be pretty informative.
If I drop a product, all bets are off. If someone doesn't properly research a product (e.g. will it stand up to dropping it on a hard floor from chest high), is that the company's fault? I don't think Apple advertises the iPhone to withstand a 4-5 foot fall. Anyway, you seem to have backed off your statement. You originally said Apple products are "low quality". You have now changed that they are not as great as their hype.
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Haters gonna hate. Boppers gonna bop. "ZOMG BUT XOOM HAS 12.508913759% FASTOR PROCESSUR, Y U NO LIEK WINDOWS!???????????????"
According to some people in this thread you are just a blind Apple fanboy and an idiot who likes to waste money on "inferior" products.
Its all aesthetics. Thin makes the device look a lot cooler, sleeker and sexier. Xoom is one nice device but compared to the ipad 2 form factor it looks rather bulky and bloated. Not considering performance factors why do people love sporty cars? Whats the big deal about a ferrari, lambo or aston martin? Because it looks hot as hell and turns heads. The thinness of the ipad 2 makes it look amazing.
