Upgrading from educational to commercial versions?

I currently have Adobe Creative Suite 1.0 Education version that I purchased in 2003 when I was still a student. I am upgrading to a new iMac and want to upgrade my CS software to the Intel-friendly CS4 Design Premium. Adobe is running a great deal on upgrades (CS3 upgrade rate from any version of Creative Suite, not just CS3) that I would like to take advantage of, but no one at the Apple store seems to know if I can upgrade from an Educational suite to a Commercial suite at these rates. I am no longer a student, and would be using the CS software to create for-profit pieces.
So, to boil it down, will the $599 upgrade work for Educational-to-Commercial, or do I have to start from scratch with the $1,800 suite? That's a big difference in price, and I'd hate to buy the upgrade only to find out it doesn't work and I have to shell out for the whole shebang.
Thanks for your help!

Be sure you buy the correct upgrade package CS to CS4 and do it before April 31 which is when tiered pricing kicks in and it will cost $200 more.
Also CS is the last upgradable version Adobe only goes 3 versions back as soon as CS5 is released CS will no longer be eligible.

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