CS5 on 2 Computers ? Yes / No

I used to be able to run Premiere Ver 3 on 2 Computers ( but not at the same time, said Adobe ) . Is this still the case now I have migrated to CS5? Reason being I spend time on my Farm during the week and time in Sydney ( 200 kms north ) on most weekends, and I have two Computers.  I store my files on a NAS which is very portable. Will Adobe let me activate the software on 2 PC's????

To confirm: Yes.
This is stated explicitly in the end-user license agreement. See section 2.5 in the end-user license agreement for Premiere Pro CS5:
http://www.adobe.com/products/eulas/

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