Q: Yosemite vs El Capitan

Hi Everyone,

I understand that mainly El Capitan is reported to be mostly Yosemite, with performance improvements; however, I just bought a new MacBook Air, OS X Yosemite (10.10.5) with 256 GB & 4GB of RAM and I don't know if would be a good idea to upgrade!!

Should I create a new partition with El Capitan to review what options should be suitable as far as slowness and performance wise? or should I just make the upgrade?

Suggestions pls...

MacBook Air, OS X Yosemite (10.10.5)

Posted on Jan 3, 2016 8:36 AM

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by QuickTimeKirk,

QuickTimeKirk Jan 3, 2016 8:53 AM in response to Leopibe
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Jan 3, 2016 8:53 AM in response to Leopibe

Did you buy this machine used?
Then the previous owner may not have restored it to factory settings.
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Leopibe Jan 3, 2016 9:05 AM in response to QuickTimeKirk
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Jan 3, 2016 9:05 AM in response to QuickTimeKirk

I bought it brand new at the Apple Store... I also though that will come with the latest iOS, should I upgrade then?
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QuickTimeKirk Jan 3, 2016 9:09 AM in response to Leopibe
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Jan 3, 2016 9:09 AM in response to Leopibe

El Capitan was released over three months ago.
You got a very stale "new" machine.
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Leopibe Jan 3, 2016 9:13 AM in response to QuickTimeKirk
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Jan 3, 2016 9:13 AM in response to QuickTimeKirk

It seems so, I guess I cannot do anything about but just to upgrade iOS!
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QuickTimeKirk Jan 3, 2016 9:16 AM in response to Leopibe
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Jan 3, 2016 9:16 AM in response to Leopibe

Do a backup of your personal data and then do the upgrade.
Yosemite will always be a "restore" point if things don't work out.
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by Joern Ahrens,

Joern Ahrens Jan 8, 2016 10:57 AM in response to QuickTimeKirk
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Jan 8, 2016 10:57 AM in response to QuickTimeKirk

Well, great system & improvements, but unfortunately still few very bad bugs as for USB devices. I would check that first!
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by Grant Lenahan,

Grant Lenahan Jan 8, 2016 11:25 AM in response to Leopibe
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Jan 8, 2016 11:25 AM in response to Leopibe

In general, yes. But first you shoudl check that app yur apps work with X.11.

next, you should have a full backup, better yet, a clone.

I run el cap on my 6 year old laptop.

G
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