I have an older Mac Pro; how do I know if I can upgrade the software to Lion?

Can I upgrade to Lion?
Processor Name:          Dual-Core Intel Xeon
  Processor Speed:          2.66 GHz
  Number Of Processors:          2
  Total Number Of Cores:          4
  L2 Cache (per processor):          4 MB
  Memory:          7 GB
  Bus Speed:          1.33 GHz

Even easier: don't clone (well, you should have a couple backups already),
Just do a nice new hard drive and format it with Lion only and install / use Setup Assistant when you want.
Keep dual boot setup or pull SL hard drive even - buiy some spare drive sleds.
I woudl not "upgrade" to Lion, not in technical sense.

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