Uninstalling CS4 from side-by-side CS4+CS5 setup?

I own both Photoshop CS4 and CS5. When CS5 was released, I downloaded the trial and installed it side-by-side with my CS4. After the period expired I purchased CS5. Now both are installed on my machine, and both are fully functional. My primary questions are as follows:
Is there any advantage to also having CS4? I don't really use it anymore, but IS there something it might be useful for? (That CS5 cannot do?)
Will uninstalling CS4 cause issues with co-dependencies? i.e., will I be required to re-install CS5 afterwards?
My system is Windows XP 32-bit with SP3, any feedback is greatly appreciated.

Multiple versions of Photoshop can happily coexist on your computer. More disk space will be taken up, but...
What if you find something you used to be able to do that for some reason you can't do in Photoshop CS5?
What if you want to help people on this forum, and someone says "I have Photoshop CS4..." and you want to try to reproduce their problem?
I advise keeping the old version until you're sure you can do everything you need in CS5. That said, I haven't needed CS4 since CS5 came out, save for item 2 above.
-Noel

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