MacBook vs MacBook Pro RAM

I have just got a new MBP and plan to replace the 2x1gb of official Apple RAM in it with 2x2gb of some other RAM that I already own (and used in my previous MBP, now dead).
I'm wondering if I can use the 2x1gb of official Apple MBP RAM in my friend's 2.1ghz Mac Book, bought last year. It currently has 1gb of the original installed Apple RAM, as 2x512mb.
Anybody know if the Mac Book Pro RAM should be compatible with a Mac Book?

the macbooks and the pros use the same kind of ram - should be fine.
they both use 667MHz DDR2 memory (PC2-5300)
specs:
http://www.apple.com/macbook/specs.html
http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/specs.html
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