OS Mavericks won't Install on Mac Mini

Computer was purchased end of 2009/2010 and meets minimium Hardware Specs.
Currently have MAC OS X 10.6.8 installed (Completely Updated)
Processor Speed 1.83 Intel Core 2 Duo
Memory is 4GB
Open/Free HD Space available +40GB (80 GB Total)
Any thoughts on why its not downloading? Getting error message that says system is not compatable with OS X

Just tried that and it still wouldn't work. The exact error message I get is:
"We could not complet your update. OS X Mavericks cannot be installed on this computer"
Not sure why it can't since everything is up to date.

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