PowerBook G4 (17-inch 1.67 GHz), 1.5GH and cannot install OS X 10.5.6

Can someone assist me please? I have an old PowerBook G4 (17-inch 1.67 GHz, PowerPC) running with OS X 10.3.9 and I would like to update this to 10.5.6 from an original disk that was with a new macbook pro i purchased this spring. Yet, the old mac tells me I cannot update. I thought i meet all general requirements with the old machine. What am I missing?

All you have to do is buy the Upgrade disc package, and install as an update.
Make sure you clone your drive contents before upgrading. Use an external blank firewire drive and perform through disk utility. Make sure you boot your clone using firewire boot function to verify the clone is working. Sometimes it does not work. After that, simply upgrade your os using the retail upgrade disk. I have performed this taks with a g4 1.5ghz powerbook 12 inch. It runs very well on os 10.5.8.

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