4GB RAM+SATA or 2GB RAM+SSD

[mr.ja]

Hi, what will be faster?

MacBook white 13,3" (2008)
C2D 2.1 GHz; 4GB 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM; HDD SATA 250GB

OR

MacBook Air 13,3" (2009)
C2D 2.13 GHz; 2GB 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM; HDD SSD 256GB

 

[Bear]

It depends on what you're running to some extent, but in most cases, it will be the Air.

Note that you probably won't be able to go past Lion on either of those.