Should I upgrade to the latest Mac OS?

So, here are the statistics of my iMac:

21.5 inch, mid-2011

Processor 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7

Memory 8 GB 1333 MHz DDR3

Graphics  AMD Radeon HD 6770 M 512 MB

The last iMac I ran very slow when I updated the operating system most recent (well, he started slowly going at exactly the same time, I did) so I was a little reluctant to upgrade to the latest version. I can't find any particular final answer, so if someone could help me with a Yes or no, that would be great. Thank you.

Your Mac is fully compatible with OS X El Capitan, so it's possible and even recommended that you update.

However, if you are comfortable with what you have now and if you do want to use the new features introduced in El Cap, well, you can skip this version.

Below you will find the General presentation of the OS X ElCapitan.

http://www.Apple.com/OSX/whats-new/

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