Switching from iMac G4 to Powermac G4

Hi all,
I am switching my main machine from an iMac G4 1.25 to a Powermac G4 MDD Dual 1.25. I wanted to get some advice on the fastest and most effective way to switch. I was thinking either to take out the hard drive in the iMac and install it into the PM G4 or maybe use Carbon Copy Cloner to copy the iMac hard drive to the PM G4 hard drive. If I do it any of those ways, will the Powermac boot up OK, being that the drive is from the iMac? I want to keep all of my programs and settings intact and avoid having to reinstall anything. Thanks for any advice you have.

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