Should I upgrade my MacBook Pro 17 "2011 at El Capitan?

Unfortunately, I was one of those who have upgraded to Yosemite when it came out. It affected my logic board and is part of this recall, apple does a year since last February. All has been well. I was wondering if there was some known issues with one of the users who may have upgraded to El Capitan? Thank you for your response.

I have a 17 "2011 MBP with El Capitan installed without any reported problems.  I have 16 GB of RAM installed and a Crucial SSD 1 TB.

Understand that the only time where we MUST install a more recent OSX really is if there are applications that need it.  Other wise, it is an option.  That said, I've read some suggesting that El Capitan might be more effective than Yosemite.  I have no reason to say that.

Ciao.

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