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This is a red herring, the real reason why we even get to have this conversation is because Apple provides full OS version updates to devices for much longer th
by huebnerob 9y ago
This is a red herring, the real reason why we even get to have this conversation is because Apple provides full OS version updates to devices for much longer than any other mobile platform. Your 6 year old iPad is a bit slow on the latest iOS? Uh, my 6 year old android tablet hasn't seen a new OS in 5 years.
- izacus 9y ago5 years isn't all that long in the world of computers (and Apple is trying really really hard to market iPads as computers). Any proper computer will be upgradable for way longer than 5 years when running Windows or Linux. iPad won't be because you're not allowed to install your own OS.
- huebnerob 9y agoNot really a fair comparison when you consider that PCs have been plateau'ing in performance for at least that long, while the tablet/mobile market still delivers large performance gains year-over-year.