Installing CS2 on Macbook Pro

I just bought a new Macbook Pro running (OSX 10.8.3) and trying to install CS2, but having problems. I spoke with Adobe support who directed me to a download site (https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=cs2%5Fdownloads) where I downloaded the installer files (5 total plus PDF). When I go to install I get an error message "You can’t open the application “Adobe Installer” because PowerPC applications are no longer supported."
What gives? I kind of get it that Adobe doesn't support older software, but if I had known that buying new computer would render my CS2 obsolete, I wouldn't have done it. I was fine with CS2 and didn't need to upgrade beacuse I had all the functionality I needed. I paid a lot for it at the time and don't want to drop another $1K+ to get back to what I needed to do before.
Anyone have any ideas on how to remedy this? Am I really out of luck?

You are out of luck I'm afraid. CS2 was designed to run on a PowerPC not an Intel Mac. Apple did license some software called "Rosetta" which enabled PowerPC software to run on earlier versions of the Intel OSX but it hasn't been supported since OSX 10.6 (Snow Leopard) so OSX 10.7 (Lion) and OSX 10.8 (Mountain Lion) can't run CS2. CS3 is the earliest version that will work on your Macbook.

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