Would you upgrade 2006 iMac Core Duo to Lion?

[satchmo]

Revisiting my old Core Duo iMac from 2006.
It's currently running Snow Leopard, and was hoping to maybe go up to Lion.
Unfortunately, Lion is not free, so I just want to make sure it's worth going there.

How does it run on 10.7. Is it sluggish?

Note: While I can technically upgrade to an even more current OSX like Mohave, I think the overhead might be a bit much for this lowly Core Duo chip.

 

[wicknix]

I'd stick with 10.6. Lion doesn't really offer anything Snow doesn't already have, and you'd lose Rosetta and the ability to run all those powerpc apps and games.

Cheers

 

[wicknix]

If you haven't already, i'd suggest getting the Arctic Fox web browser so you have a secure and maintained browser. It's not perfect, but it's at least still updated regularly.

Downloads

Web Browser for Mac OS X 10.6+, Linux (PowerPC, x86, amd64, ARM, MIPS), NetBSD, OpenBSD, and Windows XP. - rmottola/Arctic-Fox

github.com

 

[satchmo]

Hey thanks for the tip.
I really just use it for light admin and music server.
But, yeah the other browsers are pretty bad at supporting older OSes.