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<blockquote data-quote="chas_m" data-source="post: 1648480">To answer the question posed by the thread title, the best upgrade path for ANY Mac is to keep up with updates and upgrades in a timely fashion. You don't have to be bleeding-edge day one type upgraders, but don't allow yourself to fall too far behind ... that itself creates easily-avoidable issues.Keeping all your software up-to-date is important, nearly as much so as making backups. Not doing this results in headaches, issues, and up-schmidt's-creek situations, and 100 percent of it is self-inflicted.For this particular OP I'd say you should probably just bite the bullet, max out the RAM in that machine and then upgrade to Yosemite (which is probably your only free option anyway). You'll then need to upgrade your software to the modern versions, and find alternatives for any that don't work and can't be upgraded.Then, make yourself a promise that you won't let this jarring transition happen again.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="chas_m, post: 1648480"] To answer the question posed by the thread title, the best upgrade path for ANY Mac is to keep up with updates and upgrades in a timely fashion. You don't have to be bleeding-edge day one type upgraders, but don't allow yourself to fall too far behind ... that itself creates easily-avoidable issues. Keeping all your software up-to-date is important, nearly as much so as making backups. Not doing this results in headaches, issues, and up-schmidt's-creek situations, and 100 percent of it is self-inflicted. For this particular OP I'd say you should probably just bite the bullet, max out the RAM in that machine and then upgrade to Yosemite (which is probably your only free option anyway). You'll then need to upgrade your software to the modern versions, and find alternatives for any that don't work and can't be upgraded. Then, make yourself a promise that you won't let this jarring transition happen again. [/QUOTE]

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