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Of course I don't think you'll buy a new iPad. My point is, Apple is going to convince you to do so, because you upgraded iOS on a device that is not going to be happy running it. You are inevitably going to run into a host of apps that don't run as well, and yes some will have newly written code to make them run better. That newly written code will be specific to iOS 7, so those that stick with the older OS won't be able to download the newer version of the app.
What you are asking, I think, is for FarSight to have optimized versions of TPA for each iOS. Good luck with that. FarSight simply is not going to have an iOS 5, 6, and 7 version each month for each table pack. The more likely scenario is for iOS 5 support to be completely dropped. And while your iPad 2 may be able to run iOS 7, it obviously is not going to run it anywhere near as well as an iPad 4. So if the latest OS doesn't run that well on your old device, is it up to the software sellers to try and code to make it at least work for their program?
I think Mark has the right idea, which is to simply not upgrade and stick with the iOS that was actually developed for his device.
I never had any compatibility issues with apps after an upgrade, and I think so far, iOS7 is running smooth on my iPad2. Safari is nice and fast. The ONLY program that started to give me issues was TPA, right after I (and others who reported the same issues) installed iOS6, which was.. more than a year ago? And now, with iOS7, things are the same, even worse. Only TPA. I'll stick to my point, it is up to FarSight to keep up with the changes been made by Apple, because there will be a lot of players out there with older devices. And we are not talking about a ten year old piece of crap, I bought my iPad a year or 2 ago for pete's sake.
I like to note that all tables released after ST:TNG are running super smooth without any issues! So.. FarSight knows how to make tables that run well on older devices.
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