Why isn't iOS 7 allowed to be installed on the iPad 1?

Question

I am quite disappointed with apple's attitude to older products. I understand that the first gen iPad may not contain the necessary components and technical specifications to run iOS 7, but that got me thinking when I installed iOS 7 on my old iPhone 4. I bought my iPhone 4 at the same time as buying my iPad and I know that apple usually specs their iPad with an A# 'X' chip which is slightly more powerful than the current generation iPhone's chip at the time. I did some research and found that the iPad 1 has the 1GHz A4 Processor whereas the iPhone 4 has the 800MHz A4 chip. That beign said, apple only allows iOS 7 to be installed on iPad 2 onwards and on the iPhone 4 onwards. I have read on numerous forums that apple did this because the iPad 1 lack sufficient power to run iOS 7, yet they do allow the installation of iOS 7 on the iPhone 4 (which I have to say is appallingly slow). Now, based on what I found, apple should definitely let us install iOS 7 on the iPad 1 because it is more powerful than the iPhone 4.
I know there are ways of installing iOS 7 on the iPad illegally, such as jail breaking it, but I don't believe in buying a product to change what's its designed to do.
If I overlooked something, a reason for why apple doesn't allow this, please tell me!

Answer 1

For what it's worth, we have several 3rd-gen iPads with iOS 7 and they work just fine. Even our iPad 2 units run fine with iOS 7, though of course not as well as with later units. YMMV, but it's probable that the performance issues with your iPad can be solved.  Of course, personal preference comes into play with the look and feel. I prefer iOS 7 myself, but everyone is different.
Getting off the original subject, though, so we won't get too deep into this in Ty's thread. If you would like assistance addressing the performance issues, you'll probably get a number of suggestions if you start your own topic with details.
Regards.
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