Flex/Flash Builder version compability

Hi,
I got a question about compability.
My friend created a Flex Project using Flex Builder 3 and Flex SKD 3.6. Now I need to further develop that project possibly without changing much stuff inside it. The best way would be to buy Flex Builder 3 with Flex SDK 3.6. But now I see that Adobe changed names/versions and I'm quite confused about it.
Can I still buy Flex Builder 3 somewhere? It'd be nice coz my friend can teach me how to use it, he didn't work na Flash Builder.
If I change from Flex Builder 3 to Flash Builder 4.6 will there be much differences?
What about SDK versions? Can I work with SDK 3.6 on Flash Builder 4.6?

Flex comes into its own when doing MMXL, where you're using markup language to layout interface components. If you're doing a utility app, that could save you quite a bit of time. If you're doing something more like a game, or graphical scenes rather than entry forms, then Flex might not be of much use.
On the general topic of using powerful editors, you can choose to do everything inside Flash Pro, but still use Flash Builder as the script editor, though right now I can't remember where to set that! If you do investigate Flash Develop, you can create a Flash IDE project, and then Flash Develop will get Flash Pro to do the compiling. It's talked about on this page:
http://code.tutsplus.com/articles/beginners-guide-to-flashdevelop-basix--active-7168
For me though, I like the way I can work just inside Flash Pro. I'm seeing the graphics and the code at the same time, and a lot of what I do involves a combination of how the two work together. I know that I'm missing out on some of the powerful editor features, but Flash Pro has improved over time, and I'm on the Flash Pro pre-release, and can continue to plead with the Flash team to improve it some more!

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