Is Apex 4.2 safe to upgrade to for the novice/moderate user?

Hi all,
I see that 4.2 is in production. I'm running 4.1. Is it easy/safe to upgrade to 4.2? My platform is Windows 7 and Oracle 11g xe. I'm no DBA and I prefer to avoid quicksand. Perhaps those of you who have already been down the path can advise me about this.
Thanks,
Kim

Kim,
I've upgraded a number of instances without any issues.
Why not consider using VirtualBox or some other form of VM? This way, you can create a snapshot before upgrading, and if something goes awry, you can easily roll back to just before the upgrade. I use this feature all of the time (as recently as yesterday) with VMWare, as it makes any types of upgrades almost fool-proof, in the sense that you can get back to where you were before easily.
Thanks,
- Scott -
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