Activate the trial or install it retail?

I recently installed the 30-day trial of Lightroom 4.3.  I was impressed enough to order the boxed version at retail.   Is there an advantage in the process of uninstallation and re - install with the disk, rather than using the code provided with the version at retail to permanently activate the trial?

There is no advantage to install Lightroom on the drive that comes in a boxed version.  The trial version is the same program with the function "limiter" on the front of it.  I bought the academic versions of the versions of Lightroom 2, 3 and 4, in box and never used the installation disk.  I always downloaded the latest trial version and used the serial number I got with my box version.  If you install from the disk, you might have to update immediately because Adobe does not release the installation again with each new update discs.  If you just replace your original installation in any case.

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