Guys, why does newer firmware OS slow down on older hardware?
Is it the graphics? Processing? Ram?
Thanks!
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There are multiple ways.
Software tends to grow overtime to match the hardware it’s expected to run on. They may have additional processes running in the backgroun that expect a higher number of processor threads than an old device has. They may start working with larger chunks of memory expecting machines to have more, especially in media heavy machines loading higher resolution images as parts of apps and games. Sometimes they simply become larger to handle additional features and outrun the available storage. This isn’t just operating systems, although they are large pieces of software.
It may also be intentional. It would be fairly trivial to wrote software that throttles the use of hardware. Basically all smart phones do this already to control battery usage and or heat, making an OS update that says “Hey if this phone is X model or older, shut off a processor” core instead of “Hey if this device is set to battery saver” or “Hey if the cpu temp of this device is over x” is not difficult. Supposedly Apple was doing this foe awhile there, with the excuse that it preserved the battery performance of older devices.
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