Can I upgrade my 2008 Macbook 10.5.8 to Snow leopard?

Hey everyone,
I purchased my macbook in January 2008. It currently is running Leopard. I was wondering if I could upgrade it to snow leopard before I make the purchase.
I have a intelcore 2 Duo proceesor, 2 cores, 2GB memory, Chipset: GMA950 and VRAM: 64MB
Id really appreciate the help before I waste my money! Thanks

http://support.apple.com/kb/SP575

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Problem description:
Following upgrade from Snow Leopard to Yosemite 10.10.2 machine is slower & suffers from shut down / reboot and closing web pages due to unexpected error
EtreCheck version: 2.1.8 (121)
Report generated 6 February 2015 08:40:29 GMT
Download EtreCheck from http://etresoft.com/etrecheck
Click the [Click for support] links for help with non-Apple products.
Click the [Click for details] links for more information about that line.
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    MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2010) (Technical Specifications)
    MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro6,2
    1 2.4 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2-core
    4 GB RAM Upgradeable
        BANK 0/DIMM0
            2 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
        BANK 1/DIMM0
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    Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
    Battery Health: Normal - Cycle count 75
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        Color LCD 1440 x 900
    NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M - VRAM: 256 MB
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    OS X 10.10.2 (14C109) - Time since boot: 0:13:14
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    Hitachi HTS545032B9SA02 disk0 : (320.07 GB)
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        Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
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