News - Apple iOS 6 maybe great for some, not for orig. iPad owners

[HEXUS]

The firm implements its common practice of removing the lowest common denominator.

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[CSF90]

Similar architectures yes, but not similar spec. The original iPad only has a single-core processor and half as much RAM (256MB) as the iPad 2.

EDIT: Apologies, misread the article.

[Brewster0101]

Similar architectures yes, but not similar spec. The original iPad only has a single-core processor and half as much RAM (256MB) as the iPad 2.

They are comparing the ipad to the iphone 3gs, not ipad 2. The iphone 3gs does not sport a duel core CPU. This is purely a move to make people ditch their old device and fork out for a new ipad if they wish to use modern apps.

Here's what those people should do, stick two fingers up at Apple.

[CSF90]

They are comparing the ipad to the iphone 3gs, not ipad 2. The iphone 3gs does not sport a duel core CPU. This is purely a move to make people ditch their old device and fork out for a new ipad if they wish to use modern apps.

Here's what those people should do, stick two fingers up at Apple.

Oops, my apologies. That will teach me for skim-reading an article.

To be fair, the iPad is coming up to 2 years old now - how many devices realistically still get software updates with lots of new features 2 years after release? Android phones (for example) don't.

I think Apple have been 'generous' in giving the 3GS (coming up to 3 years old now) so many software updates over the years, even to the devices detriment. The iPhone 3GS is clearly not powerful enough to run the more demanding iOS 4 or 5 and as a result it's much slower/laggy, which has caused people to complain, so I can only assume that iOS 6 will provide even more of a performance hit.

[kalniel]

My iPod Touch 3rd gen has been very well supported, despite the age. I can't tell from the article if iOS 6 will be supported or not. Fair enough if not - it does have quite significantly lesser specs than the equivalent iPhone.

[BerZerk]

I'm suprise it does not support iPad 1.... Apple wants you to upgrade. I'm quite happily using it with IOS 5..

[3dcandy]

Apple in making you upgrade shocker? This has been going on for years by nearly all manufacturers....and I'm sure someone will find a way to hack it on anyway...

[abaxas]

Good to see apple learning from microsoft.