Can I switch harddrives from one macbook to another macbook?

I have a macbook early 2008 and I want to switch my harddrive to a macbook late 2008. Can I just unplug the current harddrive to new one? Is there anything I need to do to prepare? I've seen the video how to replace a harddrive for a macbook 2008 unibody but I want to know what I have to do afterwards? Or can I just turn it on?

You should have no problem with Snow Leopard. However, the version of Leopard on the Late 2008 model was 10.5.4.
You can run the Early 2008 model from Leopard 10.5.3 or later. That means if you have 10.5.4 on the Late 2008 MB drive then swapping will be fine.

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