Can I Install Snow Leopard From USB On Another Mac?

Hello everyone,
I own a 2010 macbook air that came with a snow leopard usb drive.
I've recently been given a 2008 macbook 4,1 that is running leopard.  I'd like to install snow leopard on this and use it as a secondary computer.  Will I be able to use the usb stick from my macbook air to update this computer from leopard to snow leopard?  If updating won't work would I be able to perform a fresh install of snow leopard from my usb drive?  Or is my only option to purchase a snow leopard dvd from apple?
Thanks. 

Ah! Thank you, Niel. Forgot about the "weird" Air models without any kind of optical drive. I realize to get the Air models as thin as Apple did required the removal of such a drive, but virtually every user who bought one had to then go out and buy an external DVD drive anyway so they could install their other purchased software.

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