New MacBook Pro - How Can I install Snow Leopard?

I have a brand new MPB from Apple that comes with Lion pre-installed. I didn't ask for this, even though I ordered the computer a few days before Lion came out.
Lion has been a disaster, from random crashes, to breaking software (including Apple's own Motion and Cinema Tools), to draining the battery after 3 hours or less. Does anyone know of any way possible to put Snow Leopard on this computer? I have the SL install disc (10.6.3), but I get an error message that it cannot be installed. If I try to start from he disc, I get a kernel crash.
Thanks for any suggestions.

I am not sure if you will be able to go back to a lower OS if could be built into the firmware to not let this install happen.  You can give this a try, You will need to start the system with your Mac OS X 10.6 snow leopard dvd then format the drive with disk utility, then do the install.

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