Can I switch my PowerBook G4 RAM into my Power Mac G5?

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.)

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.

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