Are Different Versions of Snow Leopard specific to different Macs?

I've seen on eBay new copies of Snow Leopard that says they will only install on certain Macs, with wording like "These discs will work only with the correct computer listed above." And in the photos of the disks you can sometimes see them labeled with the name of a Mac type, such as an iMac. Yet when I go to the Apple Store to buy Snow Leopard there aren't different versions for different computers. Will any version of Snow Leopard install on an Intel-based Mac? If so, can it then be updated with the latest verion? I have an early 2008 model 4,1 MacBook Pro.

Apple when they include the hardware specific DVD with Mac, never sold them in the stores. All they sold is the generic one that worked on all Mac.
It is only on eBay that you see the gray DVD which are hardware specific for sales.
I tend to avoid purchasing from eBay because so many of the seller don't know what they are doing so they are now able to give you the correct data.
Allan

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