Snow leopard on macbook pro 2.16

I'm sure this has been asked before but....
I have a MacBook Pro 2.16 GHz intel core duo with 2 gb of ram. I want to up grade but I'm concerned about performance.
The mac book still works great right now but my question is: Is Snow Leopard going to slow my computer down? alot?

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