Running Photoshop CS4 on a Windows Desktop PC and A MacBook?

Hello,
I have a quick question and would really appreciate any help
Last year I bought Photoshop CS4 for Windows and now I'm using it on a Vista desktop computer. When I understand the licence agreement well, I can also install it on a portable computer and use it for my work as long as I don't use it simultaneously on both machines.
Well, my portable computer is a MacBook Pro, running Snow Leopard.
My question: Can I use the software on both machines with the same license key? My plan is to download the mac-version of PS CS4 and use my licence key to activate it... Will this work or is it more complicated and I have to contact the customer service? Or do I need to purchase a new licence for my mac?
I hope you guys can help me - thanks in advance,
Frank

Oops!
I just foud the answer to my question in this forum.
For anyone who has the same question, see this link: http://forums.adobe.com/message/1652014#1652014
So I need a new licence
Frank

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