Should I Upgrade from 4.8??

ITunes works fine for now, I'm still using 4.8.32...any sugestions, warning things I should be aware about?? I see people having problems, but then there are allways problems with some people

Depends, I upgraded from v4.9 to v5, didn't like, went back to v4.9.
I'm OK with v6.
And, I don't have Norton or McAfee, which those programs seem to not play well with iTunes, be advised.
If you can buy stuff from the store and have no desire for videos, stay where you are....or have a good plan for rolling back.

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