Upgrading to OS X Mavericks

I currently have OS 10.6.8 on my MacBook Pro. The 2014 version of TurboTax requires OS 10.7.5 or later. It looks like I will have to upgrade to OS X Mavericks to be able to use TurboTax. (I'm assuming it is not possible or desirable to upgrade to OS 10.7 or 10.8.) My MacBook Pro has a 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor and 4 GB of 1067 MHz DDR3 RAM. Do I have the hardware to support Mavericks without running into response problems?

My iMac had 4 GB and ran okay, although I don't do any heavy video work. I added an additional 2 GB and it runs a little better.
My wife's laptop has a 2.3 GHz processor and she thinks it is fine.
Make sure you do a backup before upgrading.
The 2 places I’ve seen recommended most to buy reliable RAM are below. I have purchased RAM several times from Other World Computing and have always been very satisfied with the product and service. They have on-line instructions on how to replace the RAM. OWC has also tested RAM above what Apple states is the maximum. I now have 6GB installed on a machine supposedly limited to 4 GB.
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Other World Computing

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