Should I update my Mac Mini to Mavericks???

Hi,
I have a late 2012 Mac Mini which I purchased mid 2013. It is running OS X 10.8.5 (12F45) (Mountain Lion I believe) and I am able to upgrade for free to OS X 10.9.5 Mavericks. I have read many review comments for Mavericks and they seem to be very mixed as to if it is good or bad.
I want to update my Mac Mini but I can not find any specific information on if the upgrade will work fine for a Mac Mini as most questions and answers are more specific for a Mac Book or iMac.
I am very much a noob at all this so your help (and understanding) would be very much appreciated .
Cheers.

Based in my experience with a very newly acquired new late 2012 mac mini, I would not update.  I already had an older mac mini that ran perfectly under Snow Leopard.  And indeed it still does run perfectly under 10.6.8 and indeed Windows 7.
But there have been continuing annoying issues with Mavericks.  E.g. the dock disappears without reason  As for email, the new mail program is dire - keeps reverting to conversation mode, and when BT changed me over to the new servers in the UK this week - used by millions here in UK) - the IMAP account parameters are so automated that Apple just default to the old servers that don't work.  There is no obvious way to define the new servers.
OK there may be a workaround but it's a farce.  The web is awash with complaints about mail - some suggesting using Thunderbird.
I have 50 years IT experience - a real geek - so how do less experienced users get on.
So I am running my new mac mini permanently on Windows 7 under boot camp 5.  It just works - unlike Mavericks.
Incidentally the new mac mini hardware is great - a lovely balance of design, portability and power.
Both Apple and MS have surrendered their product development to marketing.
I wish I could put Snow leopard on my second mac mini but there seems no sensible way.

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