I have lion 10.7.5, should i upgrade to mavericks?

i have lion 10.7.5, should i upgrade to mavericks?

pkozz wrote:
i have lion 10.7.5, should i upgrade to mavericks?
Normally I'd say clone your internal drive to an external, install Mavericks on the external and try it out that way (something I happened to do yesterday), but since the connections you have for a low cost external are  slow, it wouldn't be a fair comparison. In any case, while the real benefit of staying current should be increased security, the recent security issue with Mavericks that was heavily covered in the popular media (imagine that!) suggests waiting a bit to upgrade might be a good idea, and Lion is still supported.

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