CS3 licensing - one install on Windows, one on Mac OS X

Hi
I've just bought a MacBook Pro and wish to set it up as a dual-boot machine. What I ideally want to do is to install CS3 (and later CS4) on both Windows and Mac OS X - using the two possible license installs but on two platforms.
Is this possible?
If not, how can I best do this?
Thanks for any advice,
Robert

Beware if you convert from PC to MAC
We initiated this process 10days ago and our software has yet to ship.
Adobe customer service is dead! No one there cares or does there job properly.
We sent our forms in 10 times spent 4.5 hrs on the phone and we are still being dealt with as though we placed the order yesterday.

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