Delete iCal 5 and restore iCal 4 on Mac OS X Lion

Hi,
I just got Mac OS X Lion and a new 15" MacBook Pro and I hate the new iCal 5.0. Not just the appearence of it (which i know can be changed back to the monochromatic) but the way the text isn't color coded to the calendar.
I still have iCal 4.0 on my old mac. Is it possible to somehow delete iCal 5.0 and install iCal 4.0. Or download a copy of iCal 4.0 to overwrite this new one.
I don't know if you need to go into terminal etc. but I really want to restore iCal 4.0. (and trying to drag and drop the program from Time Machine was unsucessful.
thanks!!!

You would break the System by trying such hacks.
iCal ( like Adressbook and Mail ) is more then just the app , it depends on frameworks and extensions throughout the OS.
Also Oct 12 iCloud is in full swing. As you might now, iCal is a big part of it. You would therefore not only break the OS severly but also defect the syncing engine of OSX so much that iCloud might never work on your OS .
Future Updates will also not install or damage more.
Stick with what's in Lion, else go back to Snow.
Message was edited by: Sjazbec

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