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I have a Macbook Pro A1278 and I want to install a SSD hard drive and wanted to know which OSX version upgrade would be the best?

Here are the specs for the Laptop below:


MacBook Pro "Core i5" 2.3 13" Early 2011      2.3 GHz Core i5 (I5-2415M)
      
Intro.      February 24, 2011      Disc.      October 24, 2011
Order      MC700LL/A      Model      A1278 (EMC 2419*)
Family      Early 2011 13"      ID      MacBookPro8,1
RAM      4 GB      VRAM      384 MB
Storage      320 GB HDD      Optical      8X DL "SuperDrive"
Complete MacBook Pro "Core i5" 2.3 13" Early 2011 Specs

I don't want to stick with the original OSX I wanted to know what the latest version I could instal without suffering a loss of speed.
and the new hard drive will be a Samsung Evo SSD 250GB HDD. One last thing here is some more information on the laptop according to the serial model below:

Pre-Installed MacOS:      X 10.6.6 (10J3210)      Maximum MacOS:      Current*
Details:      *This system fully supports the last version of OS X 10.8 "Mountain Lion" as well as OS X 10.9 "Mavericks" with the exception of the "Power Nap" feature. It also supports the last version of OS X 10.10 "Yosemite" and OS X 10.11 "El Capitan" -- including Mac-to-Mac AirDrop and AirPlay Mirroring capability -- but other advanced features are not supported. It is capable of running macOS Sierra (10.12) as well, although it does not support the Universal Clipboard, Auto Unlock, or Apple Pay features.

Please note that OS X "Lion" 10.7 and subsequent versions of OS X are not capable of running Mac OS X apps originally written for the PowerPC processor as these operating systems do not support the "Rosetta" environment. To run PowerPC applications on this Mac, it will be necessary to use Mac OS X 10.6 "Snow Leopard."

Also see: Which Macs are compatible with macOS Sierra (10.12)? What are the system requirements? Which Macs support which features?


Thank you in advanced. ~Sam.
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