10.7.5 on 2008 white Macbook, but there is no iCloud icon in System Preferences. how do i set up iCloud?

my friend has a white 2008 Macbook running 10.7.5. i'm trying to set up iCloud for her so she can sync Calendars etc. with her iPhone. however, there is no icon for iCloud showing up in System Preferences; MobileMe shows up instead. how can i set up iCloud on this machine?
she does not want to install Mavericks etc. as this would slow her Macbook down to a crawl (if it even supports Mavericks...)
many thanks!

With Lion you can boot into the Recovery volume (boot with the Command + R keys held down) and reinstall the system with little down time. OS X: About OS X Recovery
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