Why won't my new Macbook Pro boot from old cloned macbook 10.6

Just got my new Macbook Pro 10.8 up and running and used Migration Assistant to bring over all my files from an old Macbook 10.6 which has a faltering GPU. One of the audio apps I brought over needs a new authorization / unlock, and so, while I wait for that I thought I'd start the new MBP from a cloned copy of the the Macbook which had the audio app that I need (I'm in the middle of editing and have a deadline). To my surprise the MBP won't boot from the cloned Macbook.
Any ideas as to why this is?
Thanks all.

The 10.6 clone doesn't have hardware drivers for the newer Mac model.
You can also use Migration Assistant against the clone.
Most commonly used backup methods
Combine two+ Users Accounts on the same machine
It is possible to run Snow Leopard Server in a virtual machine program called Parallels and thus be able to run your previous software including PPC programs.
Snow Leopard partition on 10.7+ Mac

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