Snow Leopard replaced with Lion

I just had my Macbook Pro repaired and returned. It had Snow Leopard on it  and was returned with Lion. After I restored my Time Machine, I can't tell any differences. It's the same as it was with SL. I'd like to be able to see the features of Lion. How do I make the Lion features available on my computer?

Kristian636 wrote:
Well if they replace the hard drive will they load Snow Leopard onto it or Lion?
Tell them you need Snow Leopard installed if that's what you want.
You have your 10.6.4 disks that came with the machine, you could always do it yourself quite easily too.
How to erase and install Snow Leopard 10.6
If your machine came with 10.7, then 10.7 is what your going to get as the firmware won't boot off the 10.6 disk on those machines, but there is a bypass if your interested.
How to revert your Mac to Snow Leopard

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