Upgrade to CS4 requirements

I have search a few forums but still unsure.
I would like to upgrade to the new CS4 from CS3 but I have heard that I might need to upgrade my hardware first. I am not very good at all the technical information and not sure if I meet the system requirements on the product information. Ive copied and pasted below what I could find on my mac.
any help would be great. thanks.
Model Name:    Mac Pro
Model Identifier:    MacPro1,1
Processor Name:    Dual-Core Intel Xeon
Processor Speed:    2 GHz
Number Of Processors:    2
Total Number Of Cores:    4
L2 Cache (per processor):    4 MB
Memory:    3 GB
Bus Speed:    1.33 GHz
Boot ROM Version:    MP11.005C.B08
SMC Version:    1.7f10
Chipset Model:    NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT
Type:    Display
Bus:    PCIe
Slot:    Slot-1
PCIe Lane Width:    x16
VRAM (Total):    256 MB
Vendor:    NVIDIA (0x10de)
Device ID:    0x0393
Revision ID:    0x00a1
ROM Revision:    3008
System Version:    Mac OS X 10.4.11

Should be okay, but I'd certainly consider a RAM upgrade.
Bob

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… (would Tai Lao be able to install CS5 if he wanted too I wonder...???).
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Matt J Dawson wrote:
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Matt, the "3 version back upgrade policy" simply means that you have to have a valid serial number for one of the three versions, and you do have a valid number for CS4, which in turn was based on your valid number for CS.
Stop tormenting yourself.
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