Install disk for multiple computers

Hi,
My wife just got a new mac book pro today with the Leopard install disk.
I have a mac book pro with Tiger on it. Can I use her disk to install Leopard on my computer, or do I need to buy a separate Leopard install disk for me?
Thanks!

You need to purchase Leopard. Not only are you not legally allowed to use her disk to install on your system it may not work and could mess your system up
Only Family Packs are authorized to install on multiple computers
for purchase information see -- http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=MB0 21Z/A
Larry Nebel

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i have just bought mac computermac os x install disk from ebay, i only received them today and already i have a problem.
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You are correct that you will not be able to install Tiger, either from a retail disk, or anouther systems restore disks on a new macbook that came pre-installed with leopard. I believe this is because of the hardware changes made just after the release of leopard to the macbooks and thus there is no hardware support for it in any pervious version of osx.
As for the origional poster, it would not be odd for the disk versions of your restore disks IE disk 1 and disk 2 to be different. For example my disks are coded as 2z691-6147-a and 2z691-6176-a respectivaly
This is because disk 1 is your restore disk for the actual OS, in my case a november 2007 macbook with leopard, while the second disk is the optional installs with programs such as iLife. Since my macbook came with a different OS then the ones sold before November of 2007 the serial of the first disk will not match that of the second, which will have the exact same software on it as the pre november macbooks and thus why make a new disk, and serial just because of an OS update.
HOpe that makes since
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I'm upgrading our small office systems (10.3.9 Server on a 1.25GHz G4 Tower and 7 eMacs running 10.3.9)
I just bought the 10 license version of Tiger 10.4.7 Server and also want to upgrade all our 10.3.9 eMacs to Tiger. Can I go out and buy a single version of Tiger and install it on all our eMacs without the server checking the serial number on all the connecting machines and not letting everyone connect? Or am I hooped and have to buy a family pack of Tiger and two single copies? I know each computer is technically supposed to have it's own copy, but we're a non-profit theatre company with NO money to spend on this project, which means I'm paying for this myself and I'm hoping to not spend an extra $700 for extra copies of OS X:)
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Whether your business is large or small, the Apple Volume Licensing Agreement (VLA) provides an easy and cost-effective way to purchase Apple's Mac OS X software. Discounts are based on the number of licenses you are purchasing of each product, and volume pricing starts at only 10 seats.
$119.00
Select
Mac OS X v10.4 Tiger (10-99 Seats) - price per license
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http://store.apple.com/AppleStore/WebObjects/BizCustom.woa/6714006/wo/3U18vPWDGe Vs2c9P0oz16QICH0H/0.PSLID?mco=CC8C3187&nclm=MacOSX
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http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25784
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