Once I purchase & install Lightroom 4 do I have to keep Lightroom 3 on my hard drive?

Once I purchase & install Lightroom 4 do I have to keep Lightroom 3 on my hard drive?

No. Feeel free to remove it, but ideally you would do that before even installing LR4. Ask in teh LR forum how to back up and migrate your catalogs.
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