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Can my Ipad 2 handle IOS 8?

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If anyone stumbles across this thread I found this article from arstechnica:

 

http://arstechnica.com/apple/2014/11/ios-8-1-1-iphone-4s-and-ipad-2-a-little-faster-kind-of-sometimes/

 

It goes through differences in performance for IOS 8 vs IOS 7 for older devices.

A general trend of decreasing speed is shown so for me IOS 7 is the better option for my old Ipad.

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Hello whoever comes to read this!

 

As said in the title, I have an Ipad 2 and I was wondering if I could upgrade to IOS 8 without causing the ipad to slow down. I have done some quick internet searches with some sources saying the update is fine for ipad 2's and others saying that it makes the Ipad 2 completely unusable because of slow performance. If anyone has any experience or knowledge about this kind of thing a bit of advice would be much appreciated.

 

Thanks,

Oddball.

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Of course it will slow it down some. They are adding more and more to the OS and your CPU isn't getting any faster.

I don't know how it will affect it though since I didn't even update to 7.

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I can tell you. My sister's school-issued iPad 2 had iOS 7.1.1 when we got it, and it just got the latest iOS 8, and it seems PLENTY fast for hardware as old as this. To be perfectly honest, it seems to be a touch snappier than iOS 7.

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I did notice a slight decrease in performance when opening and closing some apps when I updated to IOS 7. Which is why I'm a little apprehensive with IOS 8. I will keep an eye out and come back here if I find anything else on the topic. Thanks for contributing tmcclelland455.

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If anyone stumbles across this thread I found this article from arstechnica:

 

http://arstechnica.com/apple/2014/11/ios-8-1-1-iphone-4s-and-ipad-2-a-little-faster-kind-of-sometimes/

 

It goes through differences in performance for IOS 8 vs IOS 7 for older devices.

A general trend of decreasing speed is shown so for me IOS 7 is the better option for my old Ipad.

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