Can't upgrade to Maverick;

I own mid 2009 macbook running 10.6.8  capacity: 499.76 GB Available: 149.3 GB When I run the install it just says,"OS X Mavericks cannot be installed on this computer." What am I missing?

Model Name:          MacBook
  Model Identifier:          MacBook4,1
  Processor Name:          Intel Core 2 Duo
  Processor Speed:          2.4 GHz
  Number Of Processors:          1
  Total Number Of Cores:          2
  L2 Cache:          3 MB
  Memory:          2 GB
  Bus Speed:          800 MHz
  Boot ROM Version:          MB41.00C1.B00
  SMC Version (system):          1.31f1
Here is the info. 
Also,
I bought it new in June of 2009.  All the support people, in those first few years, told me it was 2009.  I'm pretty sure but I do admit to being tech unsavvy.

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