IMac 9,1 SSD install and OS change

A friend has an imac 9.1 that she uses for photo editing using Lightroom and Photoshop. She thought it would be a good idea to upgrade her OS from 10.6 to mavericks. She finds her computer has a few more glitches than it had before and runs slower. (No real surprise there). I am hoping to be able to help her by installing an ssd in her Imac. I could take her HD out of the imac, install it and the new ssd into my mac pro desktop and use carbon copy cloner to migrate the os and data from her original hd to the ssd, but I'm hoping to try something else.
I'm not sure mavericks is the best os for her imac. She has lost her original os install disc. I would like to be able to use my os 10.7 install disc, and put that on her ssd but I don't know how to do that. 10.7 is the minimum she needs to be able to run Lightroom 5, and it should hopefully still run well with her imac. Can I transfer the os 10.7 that is on the ssd booting my mac pro directly to her ssd (also installed in my mac pro) without having to use my 10.7 install disc?
Many thanks in advance for your help. Any other alternatives would be appreciated as well.
Perry

Unfortunately, the license for any OS is not transferable. It is tied to the original purchaser's Apple ID forever. She would never be able to reinstall the OS or updates.
Whatever OS version you decide on for her, it will need to be downloaded using her Apple ID and computer. And, it would also be a better idea to call Apple and request a replacement for her install disks for a nominal fee (they'll need the serial number). She will need those if/when she sells the Mac anyway as it needs to have the original OS installed at time of sale.
Having said all that, since you want to use CCC anyway, why not simply clone her present system to the new SSD, and then swap drives?

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