How to prepare Adobe programs for Mac Pro

I just bought a Mac Pro and will "Migrate" from my G5 2.5. I've prepared files and drivers(updating to UB or removing some per suggestions from this forum).
My only concern is Adobe CS2 suite(Illustrator,Photoshop, InDesign). While I am fully aware of the performance hit(I will have an additional 1 or 2 gigs of ram by this weekend), is there anything else I should do with regards to the Adobe apps to make them more "Intel-friendly".

The only important thing to do is to install it new, don't use the Migration Assistant, and to custom install WITHOUT Adobe Version Cue 2. There is Intel issues with this component. Otherwise, it should work as planned.

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