Upgrade path - switching to mac

I'm making the jump to a mac and was wondering if there was a way to do this without hurting the wallet too much.
I have:
-Photoshop 6.0 full for Windows
-Creative Suite Standard upgrade for Windows
-Creative Suite 3 Design Premium upgrade for Windows
Is there a way to jump to Creative Suite 3 Design Premium for OS X?

> Is there a way to jump to Creative Suite 3 Design Premium for OS X?
Call Adobe. You may have to pay the upgrade to CS 3.3.
You'll also need to destroy the Windows media, uninstall the software
from any Windows machine and fill out some paperwork attesting to the
fact that it's been done.
Besides the upgrade fee to 3.3, it should be a very nominal cost.
Bob

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5. Repair the SSD with DU after cloning and before using and booting from SSD.
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6. Reboot computer from system running on SSD.
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8. After 100% sure that system + apps that have been cloned is working via SSD, delete ONLY system and apps from old hard drive (but do not delete media files).
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