Are iMac G5 17-inch / 20-inch internal hard drives interchangeable ?

Hi,
Can I swap internal hard drives from 17-inch / 20-inch iMac G5 ?
BTW, they are both 2.0 Ghz.
Drive capacities would be different eg. 80GB vs 250GB.
Thanks in advance.
Pat De Marco
Message was edited by: Pasquale De Marco

What is the 14"? If it's a laptop no, they have 2 1/2" drives, iMacs have 3 1/2" SATA drives, so the answer is no. Sorry. If they are both SATA 3 1/2" drives, the capacity makes no difference and they can be swapped with no problem.

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