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badbob001 · 10-22-2010, 01:02 PM

Has anyone compared if viewing large complex PDFs is faster on the K3 compared to the K2? The extra ram should help in that aspect. Perhaps the extra ram also contributes to its faster page turning speed? E-ink is slow enough and it's crazy to have hardware add any delay to that.

My pda from 2001 had 128MB of ram. It would be sad to still be at that level. I think ram is more precious than CPU speed. With a slow CPU, you just have to wait a little longer. With too little ram, your app either doesn't run or it crashes (I don't think the kindle has a swap). In all, this give the K3 longer life than a device with just barely enough to run its default functions.

10-22-2010, 01:02 PM	#31
badbob001 Fanatic Posts: 556 Karma: 1102020 Join Date: Sep 2009 Device: Kindle Keyboard (rip), Kindle Voyage, Fire Tablet 10 '17, iPad '19	Has anyone compared if viewing large complex PDFs is faster on the K3 compared to the K2? The extra ram should help in that aspect. Perhaps the extra ram also contributes to its faster page turning speed? E-ink is slow enough and it's crazy to have hardware add any delay to that. My pda from 2001 had 128MB of ram. It would be sad to still be at that level. I think ram is more precious than CPU speed. With a slow CPU, you just have to wait a little longer. With too little ram, your app either doesn't run or it crashes (I don't think the kindle has a swap). In all, this give the K3 longer life than a device with just barely enough to run its default functions. Last edited by badbob001; 10-22-2010 at 01:04 PM.