Lion or Snow Leopard for MacBook 3.1

Hi.
I just want a few opinions on whether its worth putting Lion on my MacBook and iMac.
I have two 2007 Macs, a MacBook 3.1 2.2Ghz 4Gb Ram with SSD and an iMac 7.1 2.4Ghz 4Gb Ram Core2Duo machines. I upgraded at the time to Snow Leopard from 10.5 and then kept them on that as they run CS5 fine for my needs. The company I work for has kept our Mac Pro's on 10.6 still as well so it's been kind of handy in that repect.
Recently I've been thinking I should maybe put Lion on so they are more up to date. I know they'll both run it (the iMac will even take ML) I'm just concerned about any speed impact this will have?
I know they're old machines, but they run Snow Leopard great and are not slow. Just want to gather opinions on whether I should or shouldn't put lion on from people that have run it on these machines?
Many thanks

Something to consider when upgrading to either Lion or Mountain Lion.
If the startup disk needs repairing or you need to restore OS X, that requires the built-in utilities in OS X Recovery
Apple does recommend a high speed broandband internet connection for that.
Lion requires 7GB of disk space, Mountain Lion 8GB.
4GB's of RAM would be sufficient for both.
Good user tips to read for both Lion and Mountain Lion ...
-- Lion (10.7) upgrade questions: Apple Support Communities
-- Mountain Lion 10.8 Updating requirements: Apple Support Communities

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Model Name:          MacBook
Model Identifier:          MacBook3,1
Processor Name:          Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed:          2.2 GHz
Number Of Processors:          1
Total Number Of Cores:          2
L2 Cache:          4 MB
Memory:          4 GB
Bus Speed:          800 MHz
Boot ROM Version:          MB31.008E.B02
SMC Version (system):          1.24f3
Serial Number (system):          W8******0HC
Hardware UUID:
Sudden Motion Sensor:
State:          Enabled
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