I need to temporarily transfer everything from my G5 to a PowerBook

I've got all my apps, files, etc etc on my G5 and have for a couple of years now. This next week I'm going on a fairly long business trip and will be renting a PowerBook for the time I'm gone. Ideally I'd like an exact duplicate of what's on my G5 as far as apps, settings, data, etc etc so that I'm basically just picking up where I left off on my G5. I'm running Tiger and the PowerBook does too.
Is there a decent way to go about this?

Well, here's one way:
1. Turn both computers off. Connect the two via a Firewire cable.
2. Boot the Powerbook into Target Disk Mode by starting the computer and after the chime press and hold the "T" key down until the TDM screen appears.
3. Boot the G5 normally. After startup the hard drive of the Powerbook should appear on the G5"s Desktop.
4. Open Disk Utility from the Utilities folder.
5. Select the G5's startup volume from the left side list.
6. Click on the Restore tab in the DU main window.
7. Drag the startup volume to the Source entry field.
8. Select the Powerbook's volume from the leftside list and drag it to the Destination entry field.
9. Check the box to Erase Destination.
10. Double-check you got it right, then click on the Restore button.
The above presumes the Powerbook is a G4 and not a MacBook Pro. The above procedure cannot be used with a MacBook Pro.

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