Adobe Photoshop CS3 or later

Hi everyone,
I was just wondering if there was anywhere I could download Photoshop CS3 or later from without paying in excess of £300? I have found a couple of downloads on the Internet (one of which being Cnet), but would these just be trials or full versions? I'm not normally one for trying my luck on these things but I already have Photoshop CS5 on PC and want Photoshop on my Mac as well, but I don't want to pay twice!
Thanks in advance,
Ben.

There's no place to get it for free that isn't illegal, and would have an almost 100% probability that the installer also contains malware such as a key logger, back door, or other nasty stuff.
The CNET posting is just a link that will send you to Adobe's site.
If they still do this, call Adobe for a cross platform upgrade. Rather than paying full price for the Mac version, you get a full version copy at what used to be a typical upgrade price of about $160. You also get to keep both serial numbers. Meaning, you don't have to give up the Windows license.
But that was years ago now since I did that. No idea how they may have changed the crossgrade policy since then. If they do, expect to get CS6. They won't have a boxed version for sale older than that.

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