Q: IPAD2 very slow after IOS 8 upgrade

You think. Well that's good enough for all users!

Pete

As it was explained to me the issue is 2 fold. The older processor is less powerful and thus slower and secondly both the new OS and also the new applications or application upgrades are larger so even if one had the OS 7 there might still be problems?

This is going to sound too simple to be true. Once when Safari was crashing for the 100th time that day, I noticed a very brief message saying "Zoom Enabled". Went to Settings>General>Accessibility>Zoom and turned off. Immediately, everything is running like it used to.

That's pathetic reasoning, quit defending the indefensible!

Apple PUSHES iOS upgrades, continuous reminders, etc.

Thats, fine, but WARN users that its going to SLOW the iPad2 down,

and allow them to go back to a previous iOS without jailbreaking their

iPads, ie legally.

Apple seems to have censored my previous reply to you.

If you havent 'upgraded' your iPad 2 yet, don't do it. 

iOS 7 and 8 SLOW it down terribly, and once you upgrade there is no way back!

The idea is that new software should not become more bloated but rather become more lean and efficient.

That's the general idea in an ideal society, but Apple obviously has other, not so ideal plans..