What's your experience been like of Lion on a 2008 white MacBook Core2Duo?

Question

I decided to try out Lion on my MacBook (4,1) before taking the plunge with my iMac (11,1), the MacBook has 2GB RAM and was on Snow Leopard 10.6.8.  Installation was a snap - just purchased and downloaded from the App store then installed, no hitches, no difficulties.
It has been an interesting few weeks using it, some things I liked, somethings didn't really work very well at all on this MacBook.  Here are my personal unprofessional thoughts, some specific to the MacBook and some in general about Lion.
Good -
nice new default background (yes, I like the simple things in life!);
simplified a few things but the old, more complex interfaces are still lurking in the background and easily accessible;
App Store integration works well (though never really used it much in Snow Leopard, it's probably just the same);
full screen Apps make good use of Spaces and look pretty;
with launchpad  it is nice to be able to see all of my Apps together on just one or two screens (easily swipeable with two-finger drag on the MacBook) without having to do all that scrolling.
Bad -
trackpad is seriously lacking for the multi-touch gestures that make Lion what it is, two-fingered dragging is about the limit on this MacBook so (in particular) switching between full-screen Apps is not the touchpad delight it should be;
13-inch display doesn't really do Lion justice for Mission Control;
widgets on their own Space?  What is the point?  I frequently need to be able to see the App I'm working with when I'm using Widgets; 
the full screen view seems to be hit-and-miss, Apple software seem to be the only ones that really make proper use of it so far, others only half-work in it (that I have tried, which isn't many); 
some 3rd-party software that is supposedly Lion compatible is not working correctly on this MacBook, while I understand that's not necessarily Apple's fault it is still a stumbling block;
some of the transitions and animations are not silky-smooth on the MacBook, while they are nice some things do suffer such as the folder pop-ups from the Dock (they worked better in Snow Leopard) which is sad because I am more likely to use this than Launchpad.
So, I think the Lion experiment must come to an end on my MacBook, in my opinion it's just not suitable for the way I like to use it.  I am considering a new MacBook Pro soon anyway, I'm sure that would be much better suited to Lion.  I will be wiping the MacBook and taking it back to Snow Leopard for now.  Perhaps I am not quite ready for Lion either, after all I am the most important component of any computer or operating system that I use.

Answer 1

Maybe, but I don't know if that's really the main sticking point.  I think Lion requires a different approach to how we use Mac OS, just as Windows 8 is putting different demands on it's desktop users who for many years have been used to the legacy way of doing things.  I need to upgrade myself!