Am I unable to get icloud installed on my Mac OS X 10.6.8??

I bought a new ipad today, and was trying to set up icloud on my macbook pro (OS X 10.6.8)... am I unable to do that?

You need to have 10.7.2 or later to use iCloud.. For full system requirements you can use HT4759 or just click this link. 
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4759?viewlocale=en_US

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