What will i gain from SL to ML?

I'm presently running a 2007 iMac desktop
Version 10.6.8
2.66 GHz IC2duo
3GB 800 MHz
I like a lot of Snow Leopard users saw all the horror stories about Lion & decided not to update. But I'm hearing subsequent updates & the newer Mountain Lion has fixed a lot of problems. What if any significant will I gain from ML & is it worth it or should I just stick with SL?

Start by looking at the new features of ML (http://www.apple.com/osx/whats-new/).
Read application that do not work under ML and require keeping SL around somewhere: http://roaringapps.com/apps:table
Your system is older, so will run slower than some, and upping RAM to its max through macsales.com or crucial.com will help as 4 GB RAM is viewed an "bare minimum".

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