New imac user adobe CS question

Hello all. I've just upgraded my computer and brought a brand new imac....I have a student version of adobe creative suite premium 1 - I got it when they had just come out with creative suite so it is a few years old. Can I install this on new computer?? it is a mac version but is Leopard too advanced for it?? This may seem like an obvious question but I just wanted to check to see if there was anyway of not spending lots of money seeing I've just spent loads on the new mac!!
Also if i do need to buy creative suite 3, does anyone know of anywhere in the uk that gives teacher discount? I got education discount when I purchased the imac but all the websites that I've seen that do education versions of adobe products only give money off for the students and not the teachers!

I'd like to ditto your question. I've upgraded to CS from the student version I have on my G4. In the bowels of my memory however I seem to recall reading something a while back about Adobe's PhotoShop suite not being designed to run on an intel Mac. The information seems reliable that the new iMacs are coming out next week and I want one. I hate to have to spend an additional bunch of money to pay for the most recent version of the Adobe PhotoShop suite if I can use my old one. I came to this forum hoping to find an answer to your question, Emma.

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crazy00eyes wrote:
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1. We have iWorks installed and I am trying to make a simple calendar to hand out to my students with information about due dates and such. Previously I was able to do this on Word but I can not figure out how to do this here!
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You might also consider using iCal. You could set up a calendar just for student dates and then print that calendar only.
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