{"id":33309,"date":"2018-06-05T00:00:16","date_gmt":"2018-06-05T07:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.technightowl.com\/?p=33309"},"modified":"2018-06-04T19:00:31","modified_gmt":"2018-06-05T02:00:31","slug":"newsletter-issue-966-wwdc-2018-forget-the-hardware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/blog\/2018\/06\/newsletter-issue-966-wwdc-2018-forget-the-hardware\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter Issue #966: WWDC 2018: Forget the Hardware"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, there were contrary rumors about whether new Macs, and possibly iPads, would debut this week at the WWDC. It was largely wishful thinking, because there were few indications of impending hardware updates, but since last year&#8217;s developer event was flush with hot new gear, there was always a possibility. I even thought Apple might demonstrate the next Mac Pro, expected in 2019. But that didn&#8217;t happen either.<\/p>\n<p>This is not to say there was nothing that would impact hardware. There is a set of performance boosts for iOS 12 that will benefit many iPhone and iPad users, especially those with older hardware who have experienced slowdowns whenever major OS updates arrive.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a common theme, those slowdowns, which fuel the theory that Apple really wants you to buy new hardware, and thus throttles performance of older gear to hasten the process. It&#8217;s not just that the new OS requires more resources to effectively access new features. And this is what has caused people to expect the worst when Apple did release an iOS update that actually reduced performance on some older models.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Wait! 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