Updating LR1 to LR3 - is it worth it on a 4 year old iMac?!

Hi,
Please can anyone offer some advice.
I currently have Lightroom 1.4. I have a 4 year old iMac (2.16 Ghz, Intel Core 2 Duo) running OSX 10.4.11 with 1 gb ram. Everything still runs quickly touch wood (apart from LR which can be a little sluggish when dealing with lots of images).
With Photoshop I've always tried to upgrade every other version and intended to do the same with LR.
However, in order to upgrade to LR3, I would also need to boost my memory to 2gb and update to Leopard or Snow Leopard.
It would become quite an expensive upgrade which I'd accept if I thought it would be worth it.
My fear is that loading more memory intensive programmes onto an older Apple will ultimately just slow my machine down. I tried this some years ago on my first iMac, updating to Panther and adding more memory. But it slowed my machine down to a crawl.
I wonder whether I'd be better just opting for an old upgrade copy of LR2 and stick with what I have.

Salmon81 wrote:
Hi Butch,
Thank you very much for your help. Strong case you put forward!
Just wondering, if your iMac is about the same age, have you noticed any slowing down at all since updating everything? Do you find LR3 with Snow Leopard runs quicker on your iMac than LR1 did with 10.4?
Thanks again.
Best wishes.
I find it runs quicker and more responsive for most tasks ... but LR3 adds some new features that that use more computing power, while it isn't what I would consider slow, it didn't increase speed dramatically though it is very stable and consistent ... I've had no crashes or problems and LR3 runs as well as LR2.6 did for me.
I should also note that my catalog is on the startup drive, my image files are on external FW800 drives. I think this helps keep things flowi smoothly. I also try to keep the use of too many other apps to a minimum when I am working a high volume shoot in LR, like a large event or wedding ... this keeps as many resources available to LR as possible.
On the other hand, PSCS5 64 bit on 10.6 flies compared to PSCS3 on 10.4.

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