Serial for cs5 from pc to Mac

I have a student serial number for cs5 on my pc and have bought a Mac. When I try to install cs5 on my Mac and fill in the serial number i get the error message "this serialnumber is not valid for this product". what does it mean? How can I get cs5 to work on my Mac?

To get the version of CS5 that you purchased to work on your Mac you will need to install a Windows emulator such as BootCamp.  A windows versions of a Creative Suite will not work on a Mac, nor will a serial number for a Windows version.
Unfortunately, CS5 does not qualify for a platform swap since they only allow that for the most current release which is CS6.

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