Macbook Pro 2010 - El Capitan or High Sierra?

[Argyboy]

Hey folks,

Picked up a MBP 2010 (Core 2 Duo 2.4Ghz) a few weeks back, 8GB RAM, stuck an SSD in it. Just wondering whether El Capitan or High Sierra would be best in terms of speed and usability on a machine of this age?

Not too fussed about the El Cap EOL coming up at the end of the year - just looking for some advice on the most suitable OS for this machine. It seems that this can pretty much run everything from Snow Leopard through to HS - I'm fairly new to Macbooks so any advice on the speediest OS to run on this currently would be appreciated!

Thanks in advance!

 

[LarryJoe33]

Hey folks,

Picked up a MBP 2010 (Core 2 Duo 2.4Ghz) a few weeks back, 8GB RAM, stuck an SSD in it. Just wondering whether El Capitan or High Sierra would be best in terms of speed and usability on a machine of this age?

Not too fussed about the El Cap EOL coming up at the end of the year - just looking for some advice on the most suitable OS for this machine. It seems that this can pretty much run everything from Snow Leopard through to HS - I'm fairly new to Macbooks so any advice on the speediest OS to run on this currently would be appreciated!

Thanks in advance!

High Sierra should run fine with 8GB and an SSD. I have 16GB but I am pretty sure I have only seen the memory peak 12GB.

 

[andreyush]

sierra

 

[Argyboy]

High Sierra should run fine with 8GB and an SSD. I have 16GB but I am pretty sure I have only seen the memory peak 12GB.

Thanks! I guess the extra support cycle would be handy on that one too. Get another few years out of this MacBook! Cheers

 

[Fishrrman]

My vote goes to El Cap.
Runs fast and clean.