Upgrading to Lion

[Oliver G]

Hello

I have a mid 2007 iMac with a 2.4GHz C2D, 2GB RAM, 1TB HD, 256 Graphics running OS X 10.6.8, I was wondering if I were to upgrade to Lion would it slow down the computer at all?

Regards

 

[Macman45]

It Will

Hello

I have a mid 2007 iMac with a 2.4GHz C2D, 2GB RAM, 1TB HD, 256 Graphics running OS X 10.6.8, I was wondering if I were to upgrade to Lion would it slow down the computer at all?

Regards

A little....You might want to consider increasing your RAM....Up to 4GB, 8 if you can stretch to it.

 

[alexreich]

Your specs are very similar to mine. I have 2.4GHz C2D, 8GB RAM, and 256MB nVidia 320m graphics and my computing experience in Lion is superb. I must mention that I have a solid-state drive as well, which probably helps as well. You can already run Lion on your machine now (2GB RAM and C2D requirement), but I'd recommend a RAM upgrade to enhance your experience. At least 4GB for a good experience.

 

[thundersteele]

yes. 2 GB ram is not enough for Lion in my opinion.

 

[maflynn]

As others posted, you'll probably incur some performance degradation, max out your ram, or least as much as you can afford

 

[iThinkergoiMac]

This iMac maxes out at 6 GB RAM. I'd not settle for less than 4 GB, and I would consider 6 GB. Lion loves RAM.

 

[50voltphantom]

I'm running Lion with those same specs but with 4gb RAM and it works fine.

 

[sweetbrat]

I agree with the others...you should be able to run Lion fine, but I would upgrade to 4GB of RAM. Otherwise it just won't run as smoothly as it should.