Worth the upgrade?

[soulnotsoldier]

So I'm currently debating between a new iMac or simply upgrading the MacBook I have now and running it until it craps out on me.

It has 2.0 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo but only 1 GB of RAM, so I was thinking of maxing it out at 4 GB and upgrading to Lion. It's not that there is anything wrong with the laptop...it is just starting to feel a little sluggish. Would bumping up the RAM take care of that?

Thanks!

 

[alust2013]

A RAM upgrade should definitely help there.

 

[leekohler]

Oh for sure. You'll find that Lion is much better than the Leopards. It improved the performance on my last gen black MB. Do it, you'll be glad you did.

 

[Rambaud]

Yes - 1Gb is on the low side.

If within budget, I would go for the maximum RAM install (4GB?).

I noticed the difference going from 2Gb to 4Gb and from 4Gb to 8Gb especially running Windows 7 via Parallels.