Best OS for a C2D Mac Mini?

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I've got a C2D Mac Mini which I specced up to the fastest CPU at the time, 500Gb 7200RPM drive with 4Gb RAM.

I appreciate that it's low spec compared to current systems and I never took it past Snow Leopard.

I have no need for it any more so I'm going to sell it but I wonder what would be the best OS to put on it. I'm assuming it'll be a bit of a dog with Mavericks so should I go with Lion or Mountain Lion?

Bottom line - what's the best OS for my C2D Mac Mini?
 
What year is it? It should run fine on most C2D chips, except maybe the early 2007 model with the T chips (2009/2010 had the P chips). I have an iMac from late 2009 with the E chips and Mavericks runs perfectly fine. Occasional hangs, but nothing that makes me want to grab the computer and shake the **** out of it in frustration.

I got tired of waiting for a new Mac Mini release so ordered a refurb late 2012 which should arrive today hopefully \:D/ If they release a new one in the next couple of weeks, I'll just contact Apple support and see if they'll replace it with a new one (they seem to allow a grace period for recently purchased, but I'm not sure they do it with refurbs). Although if the new one isn't user upgradeable, I'll stick with the refurb.
 
Mine is a late 2009 model, the one just before it went all metal so it's a bit taller and white.
 
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Mavericks runs fine on my 2009 Mac mini. As long as you don't need to run any old PowerPC software then there's no reason not to install it as long as you have 4GB of RAM.
 
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