New MacBook pro...Illustrator (CS3) won't open

I just bought a new MacBook pro. I connected the internal hard drive from my old mac to get the programs onto the new but I am having problems with Illustrator opening (CS3). It acts like it opens but the tools never pop up nor does the menu at the top. Suggestions?

Joanna,
You should be able to download from this Adobe page,
http://helpx.adobe.com/creative-suite/kb/cs3-product-downloads.html
or from one of the following pages here,
http://prodesigntools.com/tag/ddl
or here,
http://technolux.blogspot.co.nz/2011/02/adobe-direct-download-links-less-akamai.html#more

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