El Capitan on an iMac MB324LL/A

I recently got an iMac MB324LL/a with 4 GB of ram DDR2 PC2-6400. The computer also came with a legal installation of Cougar that flies right on this machine. The App Store offers me free of El Capitan installation, but I want to know if my hardware configuration is sufficient to run El Capitan as being at least as fast as the Mountain Lion or even faster (there is more free El Capitan software on the App Store, Mountain Lion is a bit limit)? My iMac is my only piece of hardware, Apple, sync between other Apple devices is not a problem. It's just better to think that "If this isn't the bust, then don't fix it!" Thank you, Ken.

One solution is to create a new partition (~ 30-50 GB), install the new OS, and 'test' it. Otherwise as/like it, you can then remove the partition. Make a backup before doing anything. By doing this, if you don't like it you don't go well the recovery process.

Check to make sure that your applications are compatible.

Application compatibility

(2) application compatibility

Information on the compatibility of 10.11 El Capitan

Open utility disk, select your hard drive (step 1), then the partition (step 2) tab and select the partition. Using of the / / / to the low blow it upwards (step 3) until the box the size decreases by about 50 GB. Select the newly created space and press the button (step 4). Name it something and choose Mac OS extended (journaled) format (step 5). Then click on the button apply (step 6). Download the installation program from the App Store and when it starts, point it to the new partition. You can make a copy of the installer out of the Applications folder to avoid having to re - download in the future. One time installed, go to System Preferences/Startup Disk, select the new partition and restart. Test now.

You might consider adding more RAM. 2 places I've seen recommended more to buy reliable RAM are below. I have bought RAM several times to other World Computing and have always been very satisfied with the product and the service. They have instructions online on how to replace the RAM. OWC has also tested the RAM above what Apple says, it is the maximum. Now, I have 6 GB installed on an iMac 2008 so-called beginning limited to 4 GB and noticed an improvement.

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