Using ibook ram in my powerbook?

I recently purchased a used 15" PB G4 400 mhz with 640 mb ram.
I have taken steps to maximize performance given the low mhz. My wife will be using it for email, itunes, word processing and possibly some photo viewing (no photoshop or anything like that).
I have upgraded to 10.4.11 (which I believe to be the highest I can go) so I simply want a little more speed.
Anyway, I also have an old G4 12" ibook that needs a new hard drive. I am curious of if I can use any of the ram from that for the powerbook.
Any advice or suggestions would be appreciated.
Unfortunately I don't know much about the insides of the ibook and besides installing airports cards in both, I haven't opened these up much before.

Thanks a lot. Now I just need to know what I CAN get. I'm finding online that the 400 mhz often isn't listed when compatibility is mentioned.
Based on what I put for specs, can I just get another 512mb stick to match the other? Will that max me out? What is the max?
Thanks again!
John

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