CS4 Upgrade Questions

Hello,
My Dad currently has a version of CS3 witch he hardly uses. I'm wanting too upgrade that too CS4 but I have a few questions.
Firstly when I get the CS4 upgrade disk can I just put it straight into my Mac and install it, all Photoshop will ask of me is the serial number too CS3 too check I am eligible too upgrade correct? That's all the Adobe website is saying I will need. (The current CS3 we have is also a Mac version)
Also can I go on to then register CS4 too myself? Have it as my product with my contact details and email address etc? Or will I not get asked that during installation? Will it automatically register it too the owner of the CS3 serial(my dad?).
And would I be correct in thinking that CS3 serial could not be used again in the future too upgrade from but could still be installed on 2 machine's?
Many thanks for any help in advance.
Ben

You are entitled to one upgrade.
When I installed CS3, I was asked for my previous serial number, which is on the box or in the documentation of the older product.
Were I you, I'm not sure I'd upgrade to CS4 though. There are lots of reports of it having major issues with both Leopard and Snow Leopard. I am sticking with CS3 for now.
CS4 lets you paint directly on 3D models, wrap 2D images around 3D shapes, convert gradient maps to 3D objects, add depth to layers and text, get print-quality output with the new ray-tracing rendering engine, and enjoy exporting to supported common 3D formats; the new Adjustment and Mask Panels. It's a 64-bit application in Windows Vista and not OS X.
Adobe's Facebook page suggests that CS5 will come out this year and they're working to improve the application. I'd like to see a 64-bit Mac application that doesn't crash like CS4 is said to do on Snow Leopard.

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RICH POW wrote:
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