How much longer will iPad 3s be good

I Have a 2012 iPad 3 and it still works fine for me, and I updated it to iOS 7. But when will it become obsolete for software upgrades? I've put off buying a MacBook Air since  if I'll have to retire my iPad within the next year, I figure I'll purchase the highest  storage model on that day.

Dal9000 wrote:
I Have a 2012 iPad 3 and it still works fine for me, and I updated it to iOS 7. But when will it become obsolete for software upgrades? I've put off buying a MacBook Air since  if I'll have to retire my iPad within the next year, I figure I'll purchase the highest  storage model on that day.
Despite the fact that a device may no longer receive iOS updates does NOT render it useless or obsolete. It will be able to do then, exactly what it can do today.

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