Is it possible to install Snow Leopard from Darwin?

I'm currently using Darwin 9.8.0, what is the latest version I can install install onto my mac, if any?

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MacBook 4,1
You should be fine.
Whether or not you can run Snow Leopard depends only on your hardware, not on what you are currently running.
System Requirements
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Mac computer with an Intel processor
1GB of memory
5GB of available disk space
You can use the current OS X 10.6.3 Snow Leopard $29 retail disc on any Mac that meets those requirements and which originally shipped with an earlier OS than 10.6.3, regardless of what it is now running. One installed, Snow Leopard can be updated via Software Updates to the latest version, currently OS X 10.6.7.
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