My Macbook Pro is about 5 years old. Is it worth upgrading to the new OS?

I have a Macbook Pro that is sort of old. I haven't used it in more than a year because I had a laptop through work. I recently lost my job and dusted off my macbook to use. I will need to update to Snow Leopard in order to update to the current system. Is it worth doing it on this laptop

If you upgrade beyond 10.6, you will not be able to use some, if not all, of your apps.
Therefore before you go beyond Snow Leopard look carefully at the apps you have that you will use. Upgrading apps is not inexpensive. This site offers a comprehensive compatibility table:
http://roaringapps.com/apps?index=a

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Ajimd33 wrote:
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Csound1 wrote:
Shootist007 wrote:
Please post a link to the Apple announcement as I have not found any yet.
You can see them here:
http://store.apple.com/us
What you don't read the whole posts? I already know about them. But thanks.
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