Should I update to OS Lion in El Capitan?

I have an early 2011 Macbook Pro with 8 GB of RAM on OS X Lion 10.7.5.  I run Parallels 7 (for Quickbooks).  IF I update to El Capitan, I also update of Parallels.  I'm not really having problems using Lion with the exception of Safari, so I switched to Firefox.

Are there real benefits to upgrading to El Capitan?

Thank you!

It depends on. What do you expect of the upgrade

If the best compatibility with the latest software expects then Yes

If compatible with older software is a wait, no..

You can always back up your system with Time Machine and upgrade and test it and make a decision later and if it does not you can restore the backup. to your current configuration.

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