5 Reasons Not to Install OS X El Capitan and 7 Reasons You Should

Don't Install If You Use an Old Mac

Apple promises performance upgrades that will make your Mac faster, but if you own a really old Mac that is close to the cutoff of supported devices you may want to wait until you can read reviews from other users who own the same Mac with similar specs.

We've seen friends end up with an unusable computer due to issues that came with installing a major upgrade on a very old, but still supported computer.

Make sure you check out 5 things to know about OS X El Capitan on an old Mac.

Look on social media and in the Apple Discussion Forums to see how performance is on a Mac that is similar to yours. If possible you may want to upgrade your RAM or hard drive to better equip your computer to run OS X OS X El Capitan.