10-23-2012, 09:21 PM
I'm talking about people who have trouble seeing small details, reading tiny print. Seems like they wouldn't be able to see the difference between an image at 132 ppi vs. 264 ppi. http://www.apple.com/ipad/compare/
The real question at hand is what iPad to get for my Mom. I was thinking the mini would be ideal because it is so light (half the weight of the iPad 2) that she could use it without straining her wrists (post-carpel tunnel syndrome). But it has 30% smaller pixels than the iPad2. Her husband (who is trying to coordinate this gift secretly) thinks the retina iPad would be the best, mostly because more is always better with him, but it makes me wonder if there would be any difference to her between the iPad 2 and the retina one. Certainly the mini would appear smaller because it really IS smaller. That would place the iPad 2 as the front runner then, IMO.
The real question at hand is what iPad to get for my Mom. I was thinking the mini would be ideal because it is so light (half the weight of the iPad 2) that she could use it without straining her wrists (post-carpel tunnel syndrome). But it has 30% smaller pixels than the iPad2. Her husband (who is trying to coordinate this gift secretly) thinks the retina iPad would be the best, mostly because more is always better with him, but it makes me wonder if there would be any difference to her between the iPad 2 and the retina one. Certainly the mini would appear smaller because it really IS smaller. That would place the iPad 2 as the front runner then, IMO.