Upgrade to Mountain Lion

Hi there,

I have the following Macbook, acquired as a hand me down,

Just wondered whether its going to be beneficial for me to update or will it just make the experience a bit slower and not so quick, would rather trade off the upgrade for speed if its not gooing to be as quick,

Specs and Details:

Model Name: MacBook

Model Identifier: MacBook5,1

Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo

Processor Speed: 2 GHz

Number Of Processors: 1

Total Number Of Cores: 2

L2 Cache: 3 MB

Memory: 2 GB

Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz

Boot ROM Version: MB51.007D.B03

SMC Version (system): 1.32f8

Serial Number (system): W8xxxxx1AQ

Hardware UUID: ACA244D4-421F-5554-8E12-B189A270C4FD

Sudden Motion Sensor:

State: Enabled

System Version: Mac OS X 10.6.8 (10K549)

Kernel Version: Darwin 10.8.0

Boot Volume: Macintosh HD

Boot Mode: Normal

Computer Name: OwnerApple

User Name: AppleOwner (AppleOwner)

Secure Virtual Memory: Enabled

64-bit Kernel and Extensions: No

Time since boot: 5:21

All help much appreciated,

Thanks!

Rick

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