Sharing Programs between Powerbook & iMac G5

Hi Lads,
I buying iMac G5 still trying to decide on the 17' or 20' but thats another days work.
Question i have is. I currently have Office Mac 04 on the PB. Will i be able to copy over the programs i purchased from the PB to the iMac. As well as Mac office i have Adobe Suite, and other apps that i would like to use on both machines.
Any feedback would be great.
Thanks
Rob

Hi Robert,
When I got my new iMac a few months ago, I used Airport to transfer a ton of files and folders wirelessly because I didn't have a firewire cable. Worked greatm just took time.
Then when I wanted to transfer iTunes and our iPods to the new machine, I got a firewire cable and did the target mode startup with the pB. This was amazing and relatively much, much faster. Also felt cleaner. Great feature.
joeuu

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