CS3 and CS5 on the same PC ?

Hi all,
I am currently working with the Creative Suite CS3. I recently purchased the Creative Suite CS5. But I would like to keep the CS3 on my computer (for info, the characteristics of my PC : Intel Pentium Dual-Core Processor I5500, 4GB Ram, Graphic Card ATI FirePro V5800 1GB, 320GB HD).
Here is my question : can I install the 2 versions on my PC without any problem ? Problems of compatibility or other ?
Thank you,
Sof

I’d be way more concerned that you just bought CS5 since it’s been replaced by CS5.5 for almost a year. Where did you buy it?
If it was by chance an authorized reseller then yes, it’s perfectly okay to have it installed side by side with CS3.
Bob

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On Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:46:57 +0000 (UTC), "yuytjtdh"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>I want to download a trial version of the CS3 and run it,
at the same time, as
>my existing Dreamweaver 8 on my G5 Mac running 10.4.10.
(It is NOT an Intel
>Mac.)
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to CS4 beta ) but you can only have one running at a time on
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>There is a 30 day trial and this way, in the downtime
between projects, I
>can test out and use the CS3 version and make sure it is
stable on my system,
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but always be able to
>cut back to 8 in a pinch if I have mission critical work
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>know 8 like the back of my hand and know nothing about
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>
> Any issues with this? Is it possible? Will it break
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~*

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