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There’s no doubt that nearly all folks will have seen or heard of the iPad 2 in some form. There is always a good deal of ballyhoo when it comes to Apple products. Apple lovers could be the cause of this or is it actually that their products are so good? I would say it could be one or the other, talking as an impartial person in this. A year separates the launching dates of the iPad and now the iPad 2. The query that comes into almost all people’s minds is ‘is it worth upgrading to the new iPad?’, and that is the question I will try to answer in this mini-review.

As for the physical size, the iPad 2 is tinier in comparison to the first iPad. It is nice to see that the iPad 2 is slimmer, to the tune of 33% in comparison to the original iPad, and that the size of the screen is the same. The weight of the iPad 2 has also seen a decrease with it now weighing in on the scales at a mere 600 grams. Light by any criteria. I’ve held both an iPad and an iPad 2 and I should state there is a noticeable deviation in its feel. Any thought you may have that it will not perform as well, because of the size alterations, could not be more wrong.

Don’t forget that you can also enjoy ipad movies downloads. The new iPad is in reality a great deal speedier than the original. For one, Apple boasts that its graphics processor is nine times quicker than the original iPad. That is a big improvement, if what they say is correct. The reason for this progress is for demanding games and the camera, which we’ll talk about before long. An A5 chip implies that Apple also now has a processor that is a good deal faster. The new iPad’s A5 dual core processor is what makes it faster than the previous model. Regardless of what I was using, I could see that it was speedier. I’ve likewise checked out both the original iPad and new iPad side by side and I can certainly say you notice things, such as web pages and video, loading quicker.

Now, let’s move on to the other addition of the cameras; not simply one, but two cameras are on the iPad 2. One is on the front side and the other is on the rear side. This is a major move as the first iPad didn’t come with camera at all and this may be essential to you. A slightly better capability of one of the cameras is the ability to shoot in 720p HD. Video calling and fun pictures are now achievable with the new iPad with the addition of FaceTime and Photobooth. With FaceTime, the front camera lets your calling partner to see you and the back camera lets your partner see what you can see, on the back side of the iPad.

Upgrading from the iPad to the iPad 2 is, I would suppose, for folks who feel the need for the faster processors and are able to afford it. While the upgrades are an improvement, it’s nothing significant, apart from possibly the camera which is a brand new inclusion.

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Level 5 Motorsports owner Scott Tucker isn’t just a professional sports car driver; he’s a sports car man, by nature drawn to the powerful engines and maneuverability of the fastest cars on the planet. In fact, before he raced professionally, Tucker built a veritable sports car museum in his Leawood, Kansas home.

Now that he is on the circuit, Tucker’s passion for racecars is less so diminished than it is amplified. Tucker has quickly accepted every opportunity to get behind the wheel of the latest and greatest productions from some of the highest regarded manufacturers in the industry. Tucker’s latest acquisition, a cost-capped chassis by Honda Performance Development and Wirth Research, made an exciting debut last weekend at the American Le Mans Series Monterey at Mazda Laguna Seca Raceway in Monterey, Calif. The car, which sports modifications allowing for greater increases in speed than its older LMP2 counterparts, ran like a charm and delivered on its promises with the talented Level 5 drivers behind the wheel. The HPD ARX-01g was fresh out of the box for its motorsports debut because Tucker had reserved the first two models out of production for his team, which also comprises Luis Diaz and Christophe Bouchut.

Ever the proactive team owner, Tucker keeps his finger on the pulse of motorsports innovation, development and production. He had been following the Honda prototype’s testing and specifications closely before he decided it would be worth switching to the new model in the middle of the current season. But the HPD ARX-01g is hardly the first time Tucker’s driven on the cutting edge of racing vehicles. His lifelong interest in the cars has translated into a unique facet to his professional racing career as owner and driver for his Madison, Wisc.-based team: As much as he’s driving the cars, he’s scouting them, too.

Tucker began his sports car racing career with Ferrari in 2006 at the age of 44. As he got a feel for the track, he began making podium appearances, finishing first at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, Calif., by the 2007 season, his second full season. Even as he created Level 5 Motorsports in 2008 and began building a superteam of elite drivers with a heavier focus on ALMS, ILMC and Grand-Am competition, Tucker was committed to the Ferrari Challenge series. Since last year, he has contributed to Ferrari North America in testing and developing the Ferrari 599XX for the 2011 season. With a focus on technology, mechanical and technical features and clever design applied in a modern way, Tucker and the Ferarri team developed a car Tucker himself was excited to drive. “The gas pedal is real sensitive on that thing,” Tucker said. “There’s just so much power, you have to be gentle. It’s almost a 50/50 equal balance, and the way they’ve done it, it’s just a whole new generation of GT cars.”

Perhaps one of Tucker’s most envy-evoking moves, though, was to be the first American allowed behind the wheel of one of Audi’s multimillion-dollar, 200-mph diesel prototypes on a race track. Thanks in part to his connection with series veteran Bouchut, Tucker scored the driver’s seat in one of Audi’s R10 diesel prototypes in the 2010 24 Hours of Le Mans. And it wasn’t an easy task; in order to even qualify for the race, Tucker had to complete a minimum of 10 laps-the same amount as a driver’s stint in the actual race-and maintain speed at a certain percentage of the class’s fast time. Tucker took advantage of his historic opportunity and delivered a performance that got the world of motorsports talking about the middle-aged rookie from Leawood, Kansas that could drive with the best of them.

Tucker’s reputation for getting his hands on the wheels of some of the most impressive car in the industry is directly related to his unrelenting pursuit of victory-in his driver roster, vehicle quality and also his own development as a motorsports star. Still, at 48, Tucker reveals a sense of the man he was before he made his mark in sports racing. Although its performance is important to podium finishes and the Level 5 Motorsports LMP2 reputation, to Tucker, the HPD ARX-01g is ultimately one thing: another really cool car.

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There’s commitment, and there’s overcommitment. Scott Tucker’s racing schedule, for most people, would be overcommitment. Competing in five series in seven countries for the 2011 season, Tucker has been literally all over the map for the past 10 months. But for Tucker, his racing schedule-which includes the Grand-Am Rolex series, the American Le Mans Series, the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup series, the Ferrari Challenge series and the IMSA GT3 Cup Challenge series-is truly evident of simply commitment. The schedule doesn’t overwhelm him because he’s doing it for the sole reason that he enjoys it. The sometimes four-race weekends don’t stress him out because he wants to be at each and every one. There is perhaps no better way to illustrate Tucker’s commitment to all of the series and cars that have gotten him where he is today than to look at his five-year relationship with Ferrari, where everything started.

Now, Tucker is a three-time national driving champion who has competed in some of the newest, fastest cars in the industry and stood at podium next to the racing veterans who have been doing it the longest. But just five short years ago, Tucker was climbing into the driver’s seat of a Ferrari for his first full season as a race car driver, in the Ferrari Challenge series. He raced at Homestead-Miami Speedway, and later he took fifth place at Portland International Raceway, his best finish of the season. He then took third in one of the two North American races at the World Finals in Italy.

Tucker drove Ferrari again in 2007 for his second full season of the Ferrari Challenge. In May of that year, he nabbed his first career win at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, Calif. Tucker then created his Level 5 Motorsports team in 2008, entering the FC series as both owner and driver. He took his Ferrari to the top six times in the 13-race season and finished second overall in the final drivers’ standings, and then won both of the two North American races at World Finals. Tucker took a Ferrari V8 Crawford GT to four Rolex Sports Car Series races in the same season. In 2009, Tucker won 10 races, which made him the winningest driver in Ferrari Challenge’s history. His Boardwalk Ferrari team won the Dealer’s Championship.

When Tucker decided to pursue even more prestigious racing events, including the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup and the American Le Mans Series, he knew his increasing opportunities were in part thanks to his success with Ferrari. Not only that, but he still loved racing Ferraris. So to ditch his Ferrari career after finding so much success in the series was never an option. Even as he added four additional series to his racing schedule, along with cutting-edge supercars in the Le Mans Prototype classes, Ferrari always made the list, too. Tucker has raced in up to four different races in a single race weekend to accommodate all of his commitments.

In 2010, Tucker began a partnership with Ferrari to test and develop its new 599XX for the 2011 season. Tucker’s new No. 55 Ferrari 599XX improved the mechanics, technical specifications, technology and speed of its predecessors. The fact that he not only raced for Ferrari while racing in four other series but also spent time creating a new car with the program is testament to Tucker’s solid ties to Ferrari. Without Ferrari, he might never have ignited an engine on the race track, and he isn’t ignorant to the fact. As his schedule permits, he will continue to race in the Ferrari Challenge series just as he did five years ago.

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