Will illustrator cs2 run on imac quad core?

will illustrator cs2 and photoshop cs run on the new imac quad core?  if not, which versions will run?

Only the very latest versions will/could have updates for 10.7 Lion as the OS was just released and doesn't run "Rosetta/PPC" based programs which those most likely are.
Guess you milked Adobe for as long as you could, perhaps you can buy a used machine?

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