[Swordmaker]

Apple and Microsoft have been playing that game since they started in the biz.

Shows you don't know what you're talking about. Most Apple OS X updates and upgrades have almost always resulted in the systems operating noticeably faster then they did before the update or upgrade. That is a fact.

[Mad Dawgg]

"Shows you don't know what you're talking about. Most Apple OS X updates and upgrades have almost always resulted in the systems operating noticeably faster then they did before the update or upgrade. That is a fact."

Ahh I see so then the first edition of the iPad runs the present version of the Apple OS just fine?

Or did Apple’s iOS 6 update (which IIRC is a few versions prior to today's present version) leave the original iPad out in the cold.

From Macworld: When a new version iOS is launched, promising exciting new features and a polished (or entirely revamped) interface, many Apple fans on slightly older devices are forced to make a hard decision: abandon their cherished old iPhone or iPad - which may get an incomplete feature set, run slower or fail to run the new iOS at all - or miss out on the new iOS update.

The term is planned obsolescence and Apple has been doing it from the getgo.

Apple works just as hard as Microsoft to try and force new sales by making the new OS not compatible with the older devices. The only difference is Apple charges more.