Help with new Macbook

Hoping someone can help me. Just got a brand new Macbook straight out of the box and have inserted the Mac OS X Install Disc (didn't realise it already had Mac OS X installed!!!). It has been sitting now for 1.5hrs with the apple logo and the loading circle on the screen but doesn't seem to be doing anything. It also won't eject the disk or cancel etc. Should it take this long to load or could it be frozen and is there anything I can do? Any help would be appreciated (as the support line is closed at this time of night!). Thanks.

Heya, don't quit know why it's hanging like that, but this is how to eject your disk:
1. Hold down the power button for a few seconds until the computer shuts down.
2. Hold down the mouse click button and press the power button again to start it back up. Keep holding mouse click until the disk pops out.
Now it should start up normally with the welcome screen.

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