Mac os x snow leopard cannot installed on this computer

when i installing snow leopard in my macintosh(version 10.5.8),after inserting the snow leopard os cd in the cd drive.its showing the message-->mac os x snowleopard cannot installed on this computer.please any one can help me regarding this issue.

Make sure your Mac meets Snow Leopard's requirements
Make sure there's enough free space on the startup disk.
Right or control click the MacintoshHD icon. Click Get Info. In the Get Info window you will see Capacity and Available. Make sure you always have a minimum of 15% free disk space.

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hi friends
my white macbook (new series) crashed and i restart it, but osx not loaded.
i'm use dvd to reinstall system but when i choose language for Install Entrance, the messages "Mac OS X cannot install on this computer " will appear.
i change dvd to 10.5.2, newer version and 10.6 but still this message.
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Hello,
You don't provide enough information to provide you with a definite answer. What are you trying to install? OS X, an update, a program, etc.?
If you are talking about an OS X 10.4.x update, then you should make sure that you are getting the PowerPC version and not the Intel version of that update.
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These disks are usually labeled with machine name on them like eMac, iMac, etc.
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So, assume that the computer originally shipped with OS 10.3.7 pre-installed from the factory.
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Now for the tricky part, I mentioned that in regards to the retail boxed version that you would need to install a version later than the version which came with your computer originally. Now, that may sound funny, but here's why.
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t-tech wrote:
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t-tech wrote:
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Depends upon the opertaing system your now using.
You say you "just bought a new iMac" that means like in the last week and Lion has been out for months now.
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