HT201364 MacBook Pro 2009 will not down OS X Mavericks -cannot be installed on this computer

I have an MacBook Pro 2009 running 10.6.8 with 3 GB memory and plenty of disk space.
So why the error message:
OS X Mavericks cannot be installed on this computer??

Lanny,
The model identifier is as follows:
Hardware Overview:
  Model Name:          MacBook Pro
  Model Identifier:          MacBookPro2,1
  Processor Name:          Intel Core 2 Duo
  Processor Speed:          2.33 GHz
  Number Of Processors:          1
  Total Number Of Cores:          2
  L2 Cache:          4 MB
  Memory:          3 GB
  Bus Speed:          667 MHz
So it seems that this maybe a late 2007 model. Does exclude this model from an OS upgrade?
Thanks.

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