New software, old computer q

I recently purchased a brand new MacBook. Naturally, it came with installation discs for Mac OS X. I'm now wondering if I can use the same discs to install Mac OS X onto our old iMac with OS 9. How would one go about doing that?-- if it is in fact possible.

benflorsheim, Welcome to the discussion area!
That is not possible:
The version of Mac OS X that comes with the MacBook is compiled to run on an Intel processor and therefore will not work on your old Mac with a PowerPC processor.
Discs that ship with a Mac are designed for use with the Mac that they shipped with and no others.
The licensing agreement with that disc allows you to only install it on one Mac... your MacBook.

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