Purchasing Restore discs for Macbook Pro

I recently purchased a 1.83ghz Macbook Pro from a friend. The system works great. The only problem is, he lost the orginal reinstall discs. Other than ebay, cna it be purchased from Apple without gettinh "hit in the head" price wise. I've seen some unused reinstall discs on ebay, but they were more recent macbook pros'. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Macbook Pro-1.83ghz/80GB HD/2 GB RAM/OS 10.4.10/15.4" model

Buying the Tiger pack from the Store is your best bet really ...
No, it is not. Retail Tiger is PPC only.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Contact Apple and explain the situation.

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1.How can i copy two disc of Macbook Pro, what i have when i bought the Macbook Pro, to HDD or another HDD.
2.If i lost those disc, how can i reinstall, format my macbook pro?
3.I have heard about Mac OS Lion will come in this July, and we can get it on Appstore. When i buy and download it, can i write or copy it do DVD and HDD to save them?
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