Am I better off with Snowleopard then Marvicks? Would like Aperture upgrade but is it worth it?

Have been hanging on to Snowleopard but I am wondering is Mavericks worth it? I realized I am missing out on upgrades to Aperture etc. My Mac will run Mavericks as I have it on a seperate drive but can not run the software on my main drive. I do love Snowleopard's stability? Any thoughts?

Thanks mate but it doesnt, answer the question about performance. 
In terms of screen real estate, I don't care much for it as I usually work relatively close to the pixel sizes and I generally work in very dum conditions so the antiglare is something I also dont care for.  If mac offered a Matt finish screen again it would be a dream lol.
Retina though sweet is really just a gimmick, stare at one screen, starred at them all, so I'm fine with the regular MBP.
And size does matter.
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