The limits for OSX Mac Pro 3.1 update in early 2008

I wonder till I can upgrade the operating system of my Mac Pro 3.1

I currently have El Capitan

I would spend the money, do some hardware upgrades (SSD, RAM)

and I wouldn't, being an early 2008 to discover the next year general hardware of the machine is too old

and does not receive any other updates or any new OS

I do not pretend to have updates of the system for another 10 years but I don't find me 'old' next year

Unfortunately, there is no way of knowing what will be obsolete next year or the year after, etc.

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