Alert - Mac OS Update cannot be installed on this computer

My second computer is a MacBook Pro (PPC) OS 10.4.8, 2 GB RAM. When I try to install update 10.4.10 I get the alert: "Mac OS Update Combined (Power PC)cannot be installed on this computer." Why not?
Thanks for any help.
-Rob

My second computer is a MacBook Pro (PPC)
If the computer is a MacBook Pro, then it is not PPC, and needs the Intel version of the update
<http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/macosx10410comboupdatev11intel.html>
OSX's Software Update will get the correct version.

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