Can i install mavericks on 2009 aluminium macbook 13 inch which came with snow leopard? or will that completely slow down my system

I have a 13 inch late 2009 macbook that came with snow leopard. At present I'm using mountain lion, will it be advisable to upgrade to Mavericks or my system cannot handle that and may completely shut down….since my model is out of make now I'm scared of taking chances. 4gb memory and 2.26GHz processor. Please suggest.

First make a clone backup of  your Mountain Lion drive. If you upgrade and find you are not happy with performance, you can easily use the clone to revert.
Both of these applications can be used to create a clone. You will need an external drive for the backup.
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