How do I get icloud to work on mac osx v10.6?

My computer, MAC OSX v10.6.8 is not showing an icloud icon in Preferences.  It has a mobil me icon but when clicked it says it has been moved to icloud.  My ipad, iphone and Mac are not syncing.  Help!

You need Core2Duo or better (i3/i5/i7) processor and 2 GB memory (but some would recommend 4 GB) ...
Apple Menu > About This Mac  ... this is mine
As to "should I be scared?" ...
You sound like you mtch the first/major criteria ... you *need* it to synch with your mobile devices.  Others are just "following the crowd" and have little other reason.
You should not be scared.  Tens (hundreds?) of thousands currently run Lion without issue.  And this forum helps with the issues you have.
You really need to have a good "clone" of your system beofre you start in case the process goes badly (rarely does it, but you want to be able to recover and start again).  And there is a new set of "how to recover" in Lion becase it uses a "hidden partition" called "Recovery Partition" instead of disks ... but that is all just stuff to learn, not to be afraid of.
First, check the hardware, then post back if you wish.

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