Old Macbook need help!

my cousin gave me his old macbook after he purchased a new PC. i have no clue what im doing. but i do know its out of date
i am currently running OSX 10.5.8
Processor 2.13 GHz intel core Duo
Memory 2GB 800 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
Startup Disk macintosh HD
my question i..what do i need to purchase to have my Mac as up to date as i can get it?
do i need to purchase several software updates? one?
im a new mac user.. i love this computer but id love to get the most out of it..
please send as much advice as u can here or to my email
[email protected]
thanks for reading

Yes, you gave me just what I was looking for ... thanks!
The MacBook 5,2 is a 2009 MacBook "Core 2 Duo" as shown here:
http://www.everymac.com/ultimate-mac-lookup/?search_keywords=MacBook5,2
Good news: That model is capable of running the current release of OS X which is Mountain Lion! See:
System requirements for OS X Mountain Lion
To update to Mountain Lion, you need at least OS X version 10.6.8, I believe. I'm sorry, but I don't know exactly how to procure that particular version. I do think you can get it at an Apple Retail Store if you live near one.

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I have an old MacBook - I believe it is a 2008. It still works great, except I believe I need to upgrade my operating system. All of the websites I keep going on are telling me that they don't support the browser I'm using (Safari 5.0?). When I try to update the browser, it says my operating system needs to be upgraded... and I cannot figure out how to do that. I tried to install Google Chrome after that and it said it was not compatible with this version of MAC OS X.
I don't need Google Chrome necessarily, just want to be able to update the operating system and browser on this MacBook. Help!
Current Info: Mac OS X version 10.5.8.
I've gone under "Software Update" on the apple menu and it says there are no updates at this time... clearly there are! Any help would be greatly appreciated. Trying to avoid a trip to the Apple store. Thank you so much!

OK I'm doing this again since someone flagged my post but only the second one was erroneous.
The first one was to send you to Apple's site:
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC573Z/A/mac-os-x-106-snow-leopard
Where a download of Snow Leopard will cost you $19.99. (Is that ok?)
Your MacBook (2008?) can run Snow Leopard 10.6 and 10.7 for sure. The last version in that year will run 10.8.

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My macbook was working fine, I haven't had much of a chance to install the hardware that came with it until tonight though. I was starting to install the first disk that came with my macbook, when I saw that it would take over 3 hours to install. SInce I need to go to bed early I decided to cancel and figured I could start tomorrow after work.
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I'm sorry, I'm new to Macs and I need some help. I've done a bunch of searching and am just not finding a solution - maybe there isn't one.
We have two MacBooks in our home, and four PCs.
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So if i put in the installation disk all photos/music/files will remain on the computer? it doesn't revert my system back to factory default? one of the threads I was reading they were discussing backing up the system first so I thought I'd lose everything.
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How LONG has it been since you have had it actually running?
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-Kenna
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