Uninstalling FCS Academic

I'd been using Final Cut Studio Academic for the past year on my 17" Mac Book Pro for a year. I used to have another Final Cut Studio Retail on a G5 which I sold a few months ago along with the installed FCS. So now I find out that FCS Academic is not upgradeable and I have to buy an entirely new FCS2 Academic, and since my academic credential is in doubt, I've decided to bite the bullet and get a new FCS2 Retail complete.
My question is: should I uninstall FCS1 Academic on my MBP before installing FCS2 Retail because a) the FCS2 is the retail version, b) the FCS2 is a stand-alone app and not an upgrade. And if the answer is yes, can someone point me to a foolproof uninstall process?
Thanks.

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=4185875&#4185875
has uninstall info and it should work on the academic also.
I am not sure I would uninstall the old software in case there are compatibility/conversion issues, some people mentioned those with some filters (I think) on another thread.
Sometimes there can be issues with having some of the old software (such as Compressor templates in one upgrade), but I usually make sure to have the old software available one way or another in case I need to use it again

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Because I’m fairly new to higher end editing I know it will take me some time to feel comfortable editing with it. For now FCE seems to be doing all that I need.
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