Imessage on a Macbook Pro

I bought a Macbook Pro just a few years ago and imessage was never insulted on it. I have an Mac OS X Version 10.6.8, Processor 2.3 GHz Intel Core i5, Memory 4 GB 1333 MHz DDr3. I am wondering if someone could tell me how to get imessage on my Mac seeing that I have seen Imessage on older Macs in the past. Thanks!

I'm not too sure, but I definitely wouldn't be opposed to it!
iMessage is pretty neat :-)

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