MBP intel -- ppc compatible?

My mbp is a year old, with the magsafe connexion. Can I take the battery out of this machine (10.4.11) and stick it in a mbp ppc (10.4.9) 1.75 yrs old and charge it? I left the magsafe cord at home for the holidays and my sister has a mbp ppc and I want to charge up in that.
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*"Can I take the battery out of this machine (10.4.11) and stick it in a mbp ppc (10.4.9) 1.75 yrs old and charge"*
There is no such thing as an "mpb ppc." Powerbooks were PowerPC based. All MacBook and MacBook Pro's are Intel based. They use different batteries and power adapters.
So unless your sister definitely has a MacBook Pro, and not a PowerBook, you're out of luck.

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