CS2 Installation failed on MacBook Air

I'm new to using this MacBook Air so, can anyone help a girl out?
A friend suggested I download from TechSpot the free CS2, in doing so, this error has occured: The Installer encountered an error that caused the installation to fail. Contact the software manufacturer for assistance.

CS2 is not free. It is made available by Adobe to existing owners of CS2.
CS2 will not run on modern Macs such as yours running the OS X Mavericks operating system. CS2 requires OS X 10.2.8 to 10.3.8 (very old)
Have a look at Photoshop CC (Cloud) or Photoshop Elements 12.

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