OS X Mavericks Compatibility with 2009 Macbook Pro's

Can anyone shed some light on compatibility of os x mavericks with a 2009 macbook pro? I heard that it may slow down my comuter? I just wanted to seek out some information before downloading it. If it just slows down my older mac, I have no use for it.

Hey man I'm no Mac expert but what I'm about to say came from one. When each OS comes out there are always going to be ppl crying about them. I have been one of those ppl with past OS. However a guy from apple suggested something to me one time that I personally have found to work in the past and it worked again with mav to my surprise. Basically when you install any operating system apple will just upgrade what you have for you. I personally done understand why that is the root of the problem, but with mountain lion and mavericks I know all kinds of people with new macs who have upgraded and everything has just fallen apart. But the guy at apple hit said what you really need is a clean install. It's time consuming, it's tedious, you have to redownload all your programs and set your settings back but it's worth it. First move all of your files on to you to your hard drive that you want to keep. Then completely wipe your hard drive and follow forums on the Internet to do a clean install.  I have a 2009 Mac that  mavericks is working great on. No speed loss. I really like it.

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