Does partitioning new MacBook Pro to enable adobe suite cs2 make sense?

I am a casual user of Adobe suite Cs2 and it meets all my needs perfectly. I've invested so much time learning it that I am reluctant to switch to any other programs. However, my beautiful new Macbook Pro using Mavericks is incompatible with Cs2. Is there a way to partition my hard drive so that I can use Cs2 with and earlier OS and still use Mavericks for everything else? Is it my new computer or Mavericks that's the culprit?

Intuitively, it would seem that your comment makes perfect sense
Allan Eckert wrote:
That sounds like it going to be slower then death warmed over at best.
But the OP would be running CS2 in Snow Leopard Server installed in Parallels on his Mavericks MacBook Pro Retina which has either an i5 or i7 CPU.
The fact of the matter is that CS2 will run faster for the OP than it originally ran for him on a PowerMac with a PowerPC CPU chip manufactured back before 2006.
I hope that mclandau has use for all of the extra time that he will gain using CS2 on his new MacBook Pro Retina!
CS2 Photoshop running in Snow Leopard Server installed in Parallels for use in Lion, Mt. Lion and Mavericks:
                              [click on image to enlarge]
More information here:
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1365439
Installing Snow Leopard Server into Parallels for DUMMIES!:
http://forums.macrumors.com/showpost.php?p=17285039&postcount=564
Parallels 14 day trial download (do not activate until you have received Snow Leopard Server by calling the Apple Store - 1.800.MYAPPLE (1.800.692.7753) - Apple Part Number: MC588Z/A (telephone orders only)):
http://trial.parallels.com/index.php?lang=en&terr=us
Adobe's Creative Suite 2 in its entirety plus serial number for download and use by previously licensed users:
https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=cs2_downloads

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