Installed win 7 on macbook pro, but want mac OS on it

A friend got a macbook pro with win 7 not dual just single win os installed on it, we want to install a mac os on it so we got a mac os x tiger ver 10.4 and the mac does not recognize the installation disc, then we managed to get a copy of mac os x 10.7 but when the litle wheel starts spinning we get a error icon on the screen any help, anyone as of what should we do.......  when press the option at boot up time and all we get is the hdd that says windows and thats it... I like to help my friend but don't have enough knowledge to have this mac running.. when we press the C key it boots from the optic drive but like I mentioned before it just spins and get an error icon in the middle of the screen..
willy

I bought a dvd drive at a swapmeet back in cali some time ago, and it came with a  10.7.0 disc...  we gave it another try to the 10.7 disc and so far we got to the installation part so far we can read that we have 17 min. left for the installation to finish but it's been at the same screen for the last 15 min and haven't pass by the 17 min... anyway I will post any updates as the installation progress or fails... .....SIG  what would you like to know about the cpu?
I got the installer reg. open and at one of the last lines it says:
         can not connect to /var/run/systemkeychaincheck.socket: No shuch file  or directory
localhost OSinstaller(333):packageKit:---------- begin install ----------

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