Mac mini server to non server lion upgrade

I was just curious if I could install a copy of non-server lion on my mac mini server so i could get the new multi-touch gestures but still keep the same snow leopard server apps. I've heard mixed things about lion server's weaker performance so I was contemplating if I could do this.
Thanks

Here is what I'm attempting to get around that 'stall'.
I created a Snow Leopard partition on a bootable external USB hard drive using a second Mac that supports booting from the retail SL disk. (This is where the server version of the Mac Mini won't work. You can't boot from a Snow Leopard retail disk).
Now I've booted my mini (running SL server) with the external hard drive.
I'm downloading Lion client from the Mac App Store.
My plan is to select the first internal hard drive as the destination for the Lion install as soon as the download has completed and the Lion install program asks me where to install Lion.

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