Can you install Snow Leopard on a new Mac Book Pro

Hi
Looking for a new mac for a second office, but want to run Snow Leopard as this makes in compatiable with other macs and sofware we have running 10.6.8.
I want the Mac Book to be a clone of my iMac 27.
So is it possible to downgrade a new MacBook Pro  2.5GHz - Dual-Core i5, that is being sh

No. You can not boot new hardware on an OS that was created before the hardware. It doesn't have the appropriate drivers.

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