I'm running OS 10.6.8 and wondering if I should upgrade. I'm also using safari 5, which is about 3 versions ago. Experience says if it ain't broke, don't fix it, but am I missing out?

I'm running OS 10.6.8 and wondering if I should upgrade. I'm also using safari 5, which is about 3 versions old. Experience says if it ain't broke, don't fix it, but am I missing out?

One option is to create a new partition (~30- 50 GB), install the new OS, and ‘test drive’ it. If you like/don’t like it it, you can then remove the partition. Do a backup before you do anything. By doing this, if you don’t like it you won’t have to go though the revert process.
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        MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,1
        1 2.3 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2-core
        4 GB RAM
            BANK 0/DIMM0
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            Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / : 319.73 GB (198.41 GB free)
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        SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.1.0 [Click for support]
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    Time Machine: ℹ️
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    Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
             7%    WindowServer
             1%    plugin-container
             1%    firefox
             0%    fontd
             0%    Flux
    Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
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        52 MB    mds
        43 MB    WindowServer
        43 MB    Finder
        34 MB    plugin-container
    Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
        2.14 GB    Free RAM
        745 MB    Active RAM
        475 MB    Inactive RAM
        929 MB    Wired RAM
        231 MB    Page-ins
        0 B    Page-outs
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