Have I received poor advice about osx lion upgrade?

I have a 2011 13" MBP, Intel Core i5, 4GB ram model (Purchased new from an Apple store in April 2011).
I have asked an Apple store assistant if I will be able to upgrade to the forthcoming Lion osx but was told the 13" MBP with i5 processor would probably struggle to run Lion, but the i7 processor would be ok as would all the 15" MBP.
Have I been poorly advised or will my 3 month old MBP actually run Lion ok (I hope so)
Thanks in advance for any answers!

Clacks wrote:
I have a 2011 13" MBP, Intel Core i5, 4GB ram model (Purchased new from an Apple store in April 2011).
Have I been poorly advised or will my 3 month old MBP actually run Lion ok (I hope so)
I think you've been poorly advised.  Apple states in their documentation: Your Mac must have an Intel Core 2 Duo, Core i3, Core i5, Core i7, or Xeon processor to run Lion
Notice there are two processor families on the list slower than yours.  You're smack in the middle of the sweet spot.
The proof won't come until general release and someone has load that machine, however I wouldn't worry about it.  I think your machine will be just fine.
Regard,
Captfred

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