Does it matter which install discs I use?

I just set up my new MacBook and transferred everything from my old PowerBook to the new machine.
My question is whether or not I can now use the Leopard install discs that came with the MacBook to install Leopard on the PowerBook and on my Mac Pro while I wait for my PURCHASED copy of Leopard to arrive in the mail from Amazon.
I want to give the PowerBook to my son as an early birthday gift, but I also wanted to wait until all three Macs were running Leopard. In the interest of time -- as the copy of Leopard that I bought from Amazon isn't due to arrive till this Monday -- I was wondering if it'd be alright to use the Leopard discs that I just got with the MacBook to update the Mac Pro and the PowerBook. Would this be a legal issue, since I ordered an auxiliary copy already?
I just want to be on the up-and-up. Thanks in advance for any help!

tizoast wrote:
I just set up my new MacBook and transferred everything from my old PowerBook to the new machine.
My question is whether or not I can now use the Leopard install discs that came with the MacBook to install Leopard on the PowerBook and on my Mac Pro while I wait for my PURCHASED copy of Leopard to arrive in the mail from Amazon.
I want to give the PowerBook to my son as an early birthday gift, but I also wanted to wait until all three Macs were running Leopard. In the interest of time -- as the copy of Leopard that I bought from Amazon isn't due to arrive till this Monday -- I was wondering if it'd be alright to use the Leopard discs that I just got with the MacBook to update the Mac Pro and the PowerBook. Would this be a legal issue, since I ordered an auxiliary copy already?
I just want to be on the up-and-up. Thanks in advance for any help!
If the powerbook is PPC, and the Macbook Intel, then the answer is no, it won't work. The re-install disks that come with a computer are usually keyed to that computer hardware; in the case of PPC vs. Intel even more so. You will have to wait.

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