How can I upgrade my MacBook3,1 to switch from mobel me to icloud?

I have a MacBook 3,1. Version 10.6.8 snow leopard. How can I upgrade to Lion so I can switch from mobile me to icloud? I use a iMac 10.10 OS X Yosemite for all of my work, but going overseas, and was hoping to update the MacBook to use while I'm there. I could use icloud to access all I need. Could someone please give me suggestions? It could also use more memory, and speed.
Thanks,
Christiana

Choose About this Mac from the Apple menu, check if the computer has at least 2GB of RAM, and if it does, click here and order a download code for Lion 10.7.
Back up your data and check your applications for compatibility before upgrading. In particular, Mac OS X 10.7 and newer don't support PowerPC programs such as versions of Microsoft Office prior to 2008.
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