Mac mini 2007

Hi. Bought a mac mini from 2007 but all got was a upgrade cd with 10.5 on it and the seller didn´t have leopard 10,4 left so i can't  install it. what do i do?

Is it a retail Leopard disc or a gray disc? If it's gray, it will only install on the Mac model it shipped with. A retail disc doesn't need an existing installation.

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    Yikes, see if anything here helps...
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