Macbook Pro i5 - Office for mac

I just bought the MacBook Pro 2.4GHz i5. My friend did the same a few days ago. When I put the latest version of Office 2008 for Mac DVD in the drive, it doesn't recognize the disk as being there. Neither does my friend's i5. My older MacBook has no problems seeing the DVD in the drive. Has anyone seen this problem with the new MacBook Pro's?

I have the same MBP as you and I installed Office 2008 for Mac using the DVD with no problems.

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