Cs4 trial "not supported on this architecture" but I meet min reqs...

I cannot get the CS4 PS trial to open on my iMac.
I have an iMac G5 with 1G RAM. I am running 10.5.6 Leopard. Far as I can tell, that meets the minimum requirements listed on the product page.
I have downloaded the trial and installed it just fine. However, when I go to my applications folder, there is a circle with a line through it over my program icon and when I double click it says that CS4 cannot open because it is not supported on this architecture.
I'm very confused! I just picked up this iMac the other day from a girl who said she ran the trial just fine. But, she wiped the system clean and did a fresh OS install before selling me the machine. Now, I can't use CS4?
I am new to Macs, so please be gentle. I appreciate the help in advance!

The architecture error is nothing new and you can google for others with the same problem -- and with no better luck in finding a solution.
You can try the 'CS4 clean script' (also google-able) to clean the system prior to installing the full product but whatever you have is likely messed up because two trials were attempted.
When the Adobe software is installed, it allegedly writes data to the initial sector (MBR) of your drive which is not often wiped on normal reformats. You can either get a disk tool to wipe that area or try another hard drive.

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