I beg to differ. Of course if you compare it with today's spec it sucks... its been more than 10 years since launch! I can still use my iPad 1 to watch Netflix and play some old games I like (i.e. Carcassonne). The battery still works pretty good. I would say that the iPad 1 rocked, and should be able to browse today's web ... except it can't because of the amount of cruft that is pushed our thoughts nowadays.

I loved mine at least a year and was quite happy for another year. Some sites worked awesome, others sucked hard due to crazy pay loads.

I blame shitty sites more than Apples architecture :(