DreamWeaver CS6 starts very slow on MacBook (Lion)

I am relatively new to the Mac, so I my need a little hand holding on this.
I signed up for two licenses of the Creative Cloud, one for home and one for work.
The one for work is on a late 2011 version of the MacBook Pro with Lion (10.7.5) running, 2.5Ghz i7, 8GB ram, and 7200 rpm drive.
I downloaded several packages: Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Lightroom, Acrobat, etc.
When I launch PS, AI, or LR, they all pop up just fine, and run without issue (as far as I know).
When I launch DW, it just seems to hang for about 2.5 to 3 minutes before the screen actually pops up, and then it is not really usable as it doesn't seem to respond very well.
When I launch it on my PC at home, it flies. It is a AMD 6 core 3Ghz box with 8GB ram, and a 7200 SATA.
Other than operating system, the hardware is at least in the same ballpark.
I do not know how to troubleshoot this on the Mac. I am willing to try.
Any help would be appreciated!

Try opening 'Activity Monitor' and watching the Dreamweave process to see what it does as far as CPU or memory consumption.
Also, is there anything running at the same time? It shouldn't been an issue, but try only opening Dreamweaver to see if you get the same results.
For comparison, I have a 2008 MacBook Pro running OS X 10.8.2 with 4GB of RAM, 7200rpm HDD, and a 2.5 Core 2 Duo and I'm running Dreamweaver as well as many other application (including Photoshop) and have no issues. I did not exhibit any issues on OS X 10.7 either.

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