Has anyone tried Mavericks on iMac 2011?

Hey everyone,
So I'm starting to feel a little more restricted with my abilities with my 2011 imac since I have lion and apps are beginning to need mavericks for updates (like fcpx, motion) or just to be installed. I have backed up my mac but am very wary about actually updating to mavericks. Has anyone with a 2011 imac tried mavericks and does it work well?
Thanks!

I have it on my 2010 MacBook Pro which no doubt has lower specs than your iMac (though I did upgrade it to 8GB RAM, but I have other Mavericks computers with 4), and it runs absolutely fine.

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