Leopard won't install on Core Duo - "Cannot be installed on this computer"

Hi,
I have a white MacBook 2GHz Intel and took from a friends black Macbook 2.2GHz Leopard DVD's to install since he will use a mac for Vista. When I try to install it I get a message "This software cannot be installed on this computer" !!! I was surfing on the net but this is usualy problem with old mac's but I cannot believe that my NB is not supported ?!?! Can anyone help ? Also, Apple Hardware Test from Leopard DVD's is giving the same message.

No they are not. 10.5 OS/X install disks are universal. They will not mention MacBook on them. You can not use these CD's on another machine for two reasons: first they will not work. second: it was a license violation for them to be given to you.
-Chris

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I have a first generation MacBook, and the CD-R drive doesn't always function reliably anymore. So recently I've taken to putting my mom's iMac into Target Disk mode for installing software.
Normally this works just fine. However, this evening I tried to do this for installing Snow Leopard and cannot. What happens is:
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Hey there! So, I already contacted Mac App Store support several times, the response:
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