What OS X Version should I use??

[dawidyadhana]

So, I have a mid 2012 13" macbook pro (non retina w/ i5 3210m, 4 GB Ram, 500 GB Harddisk). I'm planning on upgrading it with an SSD and want to do a clean install, I kinda hate sierra so i dont upgrade to sierra. So, right now I'm choosing between Mavericks or Yosemite. I want my mac to be fast and have a better battery life. Please help and thanks

[tatte]

Both have been out for a while now, I doubt it makes any difference. You could however use some more RAM. 

 

What's wrong with Sierra?

[themctipers]

Sierra.

[dawidyadhana]

1 minute ago, tatte said:

Both have been out for a while now, I doubt it makes any difference. You could however use some more RAM. 

 

What's wrong with Sierra?

it's kinda slow for me,

[Creed1]

5 minutes ago, dawidyadhana said:

it's kinda slow for me,

I have the same macbook running sierra. I have an SSD and 16GB of ram installed and its very snappy. 

[dawidyadhana]

Just now, CmzPlusHardware said:

I have the same macbook running sierra. I have an SSD and 16GB of ram installed and its very snappy. 

i have a 5400 rpm HD and 4gb of ram

[tatte]

3 minutes ago, dawidyadhana said:

i have a 5400 rpm HD and 4gb of ram

Point being that probably all of them are just as slow with those specs.

[Castdeath97]

3 minutes ago, dawidyadhana said:

i have a 5400 rpm HD and 4gb of ram

 

10 minutes ago, dawidyadhana said:

it's kinda slow for me,

Probably not Serria's fault since your laptop is well within the requirements, upgrade the hard drive to an SSD and it won't be.

[lieder1987]

I had some issues with my 2010 macbook running sierra, but it is running on standard hd with 4gb of ram. My hackintosh runs sierra like a champ, and I very much enjoy the features.

 

I would personally say with those specs to stick with yosemite but like others have said either will be fine.

[captain_to_fire]

15 hours ago, dawidyadhana said:

So, I have a mid 2012 13" macbook pro (non retina w/ i5 3210m, 4 GB Ram, 500 GB Harddisk). I'm planning on upgrading it with an SSD and want to do a clean install, I kinda hate sierra so i dont upgrade to sierra. So, right now I'm choosing between Mavericks or Yosemite. I want my mac to be fast and have a better battery life. Please help and thanks

Clone your mechanical hard drive to a SSD. Then replace the hard drive with a ssd.

 

https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-4741

[mrchow19910319]

Superduper is a tool that let you clone your drive. 

I am using the same machine. 8GB of ram, 256 GB of SSD. Run sierra like a champ. 

You should stick to the latest OS. You said you hate mac os sierra, you haven't even used it. Why do you hate it???