OK to skip over El Capitan, install Sierra on top of Yosemite?

[flaubert]

My wife's mid-2010 iMac is currently on Yosemite. She's overdue for an upgrade, obviously. She has the requisite 8GB ram and SSD. Is it OK to skip over El Capitan, and install Sierra directly on top of Yosemite? I wasn't planning to do a clean install, though I am willing to listen to arguments in favor of it. Thanks for your thoughts.

Kurt

 

[SoggyCheese]

Check roaringapps.com to make sure there's no incompatibilities with installed software first. If that's good then install away. Sierra is better than El Capitan IMO (disclaimer : others' opinions may vary on that).

 

[CoastalOR]

I updated the wife's Mac from Yosemite to Sierra with no problems.

 

[sigmadog]

Heck, I just upgraded my 2009 Mac Pro to Sierra over the top of Mavericks. Had to install Java separately for my Adobe CS6 apps, and upgrade a couple minor utilities. The only issue I'm having is the computer won't sleep automatically. Once I find a fix for that, everything will be hunky dory.