Cs2 and OSX 10.6

I've heard conflicting rumors. Has anyone had success running Photoshop CS2 (or the rest of the CS2 suite as well) with Snow Leopard (10.6)?
I'm using a MacBookPro 2.4 GHz, 4G RAM.
Thanks,
Harry

I run CS2 on 10.6 with little difficulty. In fact I'm going to keep at on an iBook because the Slideshow option under the Automate didn't carry over to CS4 and I don't want to loose that capability. (I run Ps CS4 on a Mac Pro Quad-Core.)
There have been times when I launch Bridge first and I get a dialog reporting some sort of licensing problem. The workaround is to open another CS2 application, like Photoshop, first.
Let me caution you, though. I use Photoshop exclusively to process digital photo files. There are many Photoshop commands, plug-ins and other features that I don't use. Therefore, I cannot say the whole shootin' match will run without a hitch.
Regards,
Bill

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Hokay....
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pwitman

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pwitman
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this was supplied by Ann Shelbourne.
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