Switched from Win to Mac, need CS4

New here, I appreciate any help!!  I have just switched from a windows machine to Mac.  On the windows machine I had an education version of CS4 Design Premium.  Now I need it to work with Mac OSX Lion 10.7.3.  I downloaded the mac version of the software, but the installer would not take my old windows serial number.  What can I do??
I sincerely appreciate any help you are able to give.  I am working on a project, and I don't want to have to rebuy CS4 again!!  Thanks!

You upgrade to CS5.5 and make the platform switch. If you're still eligible for education pricing, you just buy anew. Until then you can always run your Windows version via Bootcamp or Parallels.
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