Install El Capitan on my MBA 2010

Running 10.6. No major problems just don't like some of the current content on the web. Should I wipe the drive and start over or just load El Capitan is? I am an unsophisticated user, photos, music, videos, browsing the web. I have 2 GB of memory, 64 GB storage. Thanks for any info.

Honestly? With 2 GB of RAM, I'd stick with 10.6. Even if the minimum RAM to 10.11 is 2 GB, 4 or more will give better performance, in my opinion. What you could do is well download it and install it on a 2nd partition (if you have the space) or on an external drive so you can try it.

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