Can I install snow leopard as a virtual machine on my Macbook Pro?

Hi All,
I have a Macbook Pro running 10.5, but I have also got Snow Leopard. I wanted to play with this first in a virtual machine before going ahead with the upgrade to have a play, but Parallels only supports OS X Server. Is there anything else I can use to achieve what I am after?
Many thanks

No, but you could install it on another drive or partition and boot from that.

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