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I am crazy to get a 1st gen iPad Mini?
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<blockquote data-quote="XJ-linux" data-source="post: 1562709" data-attributes="member: 33722"><p>Depends on what someone wants to do with the iPad. I have a 1st gen Mini as does my wife. We do everything you listed and consume quite a bit of video content on them with no trouble. They run iOS 7 just fine. Eventually, there will be an iOS update that doesn't run well on them (as there will be with any other current/past iPad). The older the iPad, the sooner you will hit that wall and the less you will pay for the iPad. We picked up our Mini's from the Apple Refurb section on their website, so we got them for a song. We'll probably do the same with the next "last year's model" iPads we buy. We don't need the latest and greatest, so it works for us. I'd hardly call a 1st Gen Mini obsolete from a practical use standpoint and for what you mention needing one for...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="XJ-linux, post: 1562709, member: 33722"] Depends on what someone wants to do with the iPad. I have a 1st gen Mini as does my wife. We do everything you listed and consume quite a bit of video content on them with no trouble. They run iOS 7 just fine. Eventually, there will be an iOS update that doesn't run well on them (as there will be with any other current/past iPad). The older the iPad, the sooner you will hit that wall and the less you will pay for the iPad. We picked up our Mini's from the Apple Refurb section on their website, so we got them for a song. We'll probably do the same with the next "last year's model" iPads we buy. We don't need the latest and greatest, so it works for us. I'd hardly call a 1st Gen Mini obsolete from a practical use standpoint and for what you mention needing one for... [/QUOTE]
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