IWork Disc Not Reading

Hi All, didn't know where to post this so I'll try here.
Just received the new iWork '09 DVD, along with the new iLife DVD. iLife installs fine.
However, my MacBook won't even READ the iWork DVD. I've also just installed Snow Leopard, no problem. So my DVD drive is working fine .... must be a faulty DVD .... BUT, the iWork DVD loads fine on my wife's MacBook .... so the DVD seems okay on HER machine.
This is just not logical...
Any thoughts?
Bill

Hi Peter
Never thought of the salt solution ... must try that.
No, the better half's Book doesn't have Snow Leopard but iLife installed with SL on mine! This is weird. I'm going to take the DVD to NextByte and see what they say.
So far SL isn't an obvious change apart from some visual enhancements. It's all under the hood. Time Machine backs up faster (which is all I've done so far). I'd give you feedback on how much faster iWork is but, well, you know how that's going!
Oh, one BIG crappy issue ... it won't connect to my wireless network. Others have this problem too so it;s not just me - gettin' paranoid here!
Thanks for replying. I'll hopefully get this resolved soon. Otherwise ... waste of freaking money!

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