No CD drive on new US iMac with CS5 from Norway

i just bought my iMac, there is no cd drive to install my adobe photoshop CS5 that I had bought in Norway. Would like some ideas as far as what my options are, aside from buying and external CD drive. (example: can I download straight from Adobe?) Thanks!

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