Keeping older versions of Design Standard

This question is for professionals who've been using previous versions of Design Suites of any kind. I currently have a Student License version of Design Standard CS5. I've purchased hard copy versions of the same edition since CS3, and still have both previous versions on my MacBook Pro. The old versions are taking up quite a bit of space on my hard drive.
I'm wondering if I need to keep these older versions for any reason, or if I can put them on my external hard drive for the moment. I'm wondering, more than anything, if a client gives me files from older versions if they're backwards compatible in CS5, or if I'll need the older versions in order to be able to properly open and use them?
I would appreciate any feedback.
Thanks!

This would be a great question in the InDesign forum.
InDesign limits you to backsaving only one version at a time with the INX format. So you may want to keep older versions installed if you have to convert a CS5 document to CS3 via CS4 (caution, backsaving might muddle newer features). You might also work with a client that requires a document to be created in CS3 to match their own CS3 installation.
Adobe apps are not easily installed on external drives.
To save space, you can uninstall unnecessary components of the older Creative Suites (Illustrator, Photoshop) while still leaving InDesign. Run the installer to do this.

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