Migrating/upgrading CS5.5 to new mac lion

I currently run CS4 on a MacBook Pro with Snow Leopard.  I have a new iMac with Lion and I want to upgrade both to CS5.5.  My plan was to
     1. leave CS4 on old mac
     2. use Migration Assistant (too late for Setup Assistant!) to bring CS4 along with all the other applications and everything else to new mac from a Time Machine back up on external HD
     3.  upgrade both from my new CS5.5 disks
I have been reading about some issues with CS5.5 on Lion and I'm wondering if there is a better way to minimize the potential for problems and accomplish what I want to do.  My main concerns are  InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop and Dreamweaver which I use in a pretty self-taught kind of way.  Thank you.

Sarahw2e the biggest issue you could end up having would be to use the Migration assistant to transfer over Creative Suite 4.  If you want Creative Suite 4 to be installed on your new Macintosh then I would recommend a fresh installation from the install media.
For issues with Lion in general I would recommend reviewing Known issues | Adobe products | Mac OS 10.7 Lion.

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