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I have a pair of old laptops:
Can the PowerBook screen be transplanted into the MacBook body?
If so, does it require: Mac-specific tools? Additional parts? Custom driver? Soldering?
The GPU and CPU are all soldered to the logic board, so in theory someone with enough skill and tools could repair the logic board itself, but in practice replacing the board or the computer is more cost effective in almost all cases.
It doesn't work
My Pentalobe and Torx bits arrived today and I tried swapping the drives. When I put the 256 GB drive in my Macbook Pro, it doesn't boot and displays this image
I tried holding down opt to boot to a usb drive and do a fresh install of Mavericks on the drive.
When I attempt to boot from the USB drive, the crossed out circle image is displayed again.
I've also tried holding down shift during boot to boot into safe mode. The neutral gray screen displays for a longer time, but eventually the crossed out circle appears again.
Best Answer
No the parts are not compatible nor are the cabling and mount points.
See http://ifixit.com for take apart manuals and possibly repair parts for your broken LCD on the MacBook Pro.