Can Lion be installed in-place using InstallESD burned to a DVD?

Hi everyone,
I bought a MacBook Pro in June and didn't personalize it waiting for Lion to go on sale to install it clean. I have a very slow internet connection, and after almost 2 days, it finished downloading (granted, I bought it the day it came out). I followed instructions on the internet and burned a DVD from the InstallESD.dmg file. I installed clean and life is beautiful.
Now, my wife has an older MacBook White from 2008 (C2D 2.2 GHz / 4 GB RAM) and she didn't want to install Lion at first. Now that 10.7.2 is out and it has iCloud functionality, she wants in on the fun. But I shudder to think I have to spend 2 days downloading the Lion installer again.
Can the DVD I used to install my laptop clean, also be used to install in-place in her laptop, saving myself a 2-day wait? or do I have to download it again and bear the wait?
Thanks in advance.

You can do that, however you will still need to download
the 10.7.2 update in order to use iCloud (818 Meg+ for the
combo update, recommended since it contains all other
updates).
Also, if you value your marriage, get an external hard drive
and clone the wife's current install to it in case something
goes wrong with the install or your wife ends up hating Lion.

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