I have both a Power Mac G5 and a PowerBook G4. The G5 only has 1GB of RAM. Can I take the RAM out of my G4 and put it into my G5? Also, the G4 only has Tiger while the G5 has Leopard. Can I get the newer OS onto the PowerBook? (Power Mac has a back drive.)
PowerMac, Mac OS X (10.5.8), Single Core, 1.8 GHz
No, you can't do that. G5 RAM and Powerbook G4 one are different.
PowerMac G5 requires DDR PC-3200 400MHz DIMM.
on the other hand Powerbook G4 use PC133(PC100) SO-DIMM.
Do you know about getting the later version of OS X from the Power Mac the PowerBook?
You need to use a proper retail install disk. The was a period in the OS9 days when you could drag-n-drop an OS but not since OSX came out. Plus a notebook needs OSX components not needed by a desktop and probably not present on your G5.
Before buying a retail 10.5 disk, make sure of your G4's variant (which we don't know yet). Early G4 PowerBooks made before November 2002 are constrained to OS 10.4.11.
Can I switch my PowerBook G4 RAM into my Power Mac G5?
