My wife's early 2008 iMac 8,1 (2.4GHz Core 2 Duo processor, 4GB RAM) runs OSX 10.6.8 which generally works quite well, but she wants to install an app which demands OSX 10.8 or higher.
Since the app isn't a "must have" I'm wondering if installing Mavericks or Yosemite on the above computer would be a "transparent" upgrade, meaning she wouldn't notice much of a difference (except some cosmetic changes and the ability to run recent apps), or if everything would run slower and be less responsive? I know she wouldn't want that.
I've read other threads where they say actually take a few steps back performance-wise unless you have very recent hardware which includes an SSD (she has a standard internal spinning drive), so would this be a bad decision and she should stick with Snow Leopard or not?
Since the app isn't a "must have" I'm wondering if installing Mavericks or Yosemite on the above computer would be a "transparent" upgrade, meaning she wouldn't notice much of a difference (except some cosmetic changes and the ability to run recent apps), or if everything would run slower and be less responsive? I know she wouldn't want that.
I've read other threads where they say actually take a few steps back performance-wise unless you have very recent hardware which includes an SSD (she has a standard internal spinning drive), so would this be a bad decision and she should stick with Snow Leopard or not?