Can Multiple Systems Share Updates?

In my house I've got 4 macs. Two MacBooks, one iMac, and one G5 Tower (PPC). All systems have leopard installed.
My question is, can I set it up to where updates download once and share to the different systems rather than downloading the same updates multiple times.
Would setting up a machine as a server make any difference?
Thanks for all the help!

Usually when I do an update I download the 10.5.x Combo update to my desktop and then run it from there. I think the installer determines the MacOS components of the update once the install is executed rather than at Combo download time, though. The Apple 10.5.7 Combo Update release notes can be read at http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3397/ It doesn't say anything about configuration restrictions. I would then assume this update can be used with any Mac machine. Then again I am a risk taker!
If you use Ethernet, downloading for each machine shouldn't be too much of an issue.
A word of caution, Snow Leopard will not support PPC Macs. See http://www.apple.com/macosx/

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