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I have a 2007 iMac (the machine I am currently typing on) as well as a 2011 Macbook Pro 13". I didn't like Lion at the start, and downgraded both machines to Snow Leopard. It took less than a week for me to realise that I wanted the iCloud benefit that came with Lion, and there were very few otehr issues. Sure, the GUI had some changes (colour removal, changed icons in some apps, iTunes most notably) but I got over that. After realising that launchpad and mission control neither added nor detracted from how I was used to doing things, I reinstalled Lion and havent looked back.
On this machine, Lion is a bit slow... or rather some of the apps I use (Lightroom and Photoshop, notably) but thats a feature of the restricted RAM. I have the max available, which is 4G. Its possible to u/g to 6, by adding a 4G module in the second RAM bay but I found it didnt make a massive difference and in the end, that module died within a year. I'm not going to bother again.
I plan to upgrade my MBP to 8G pretty soon, and it can go to 16, IIRC.
both machines will also run the new Mountain Lion when its released.
I guess I am saying I am very happy with my Macs. They are only my 4th and 5th, I had a MacPlus years ago but the tiny BW screen gave me headaches and I didnt much like the OS. OSX is built differently and its base is a BSD/Unix so much more stable and secure than the older System OSes. I used PC until 2003, but when I bought my eMac back then, and my iBook, i stopped using the PC altogether except for keeping the OS updated... and then didnt even switch it on for months. I sold it when those months stretched to 6... clearly, it was no longer a part of my life.
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