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From: Steven Fisher on 15 Feb 2010 21:38
In article <jwolf6589-0B07C7.21032015022010(a)nntp.charter.net>,
John <jwolf6589(a)NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote:

> Is Office 2008 using Rosetta as well?

The installer does, I believe. You can probably remove Rosetta after.
(If anything else needs it, you'll be asked again to install it.)


Steve
From: Tom Stiller on 15 Feb 2010 21:53
In article <1jdz58d.crhu0b1hhqwc5N%mikePOST(a)TOGROUPmacconsult.com>,
mikePOST(a)TOGROUPmacconsult.com (Mike Rosenberg) wrote:

> John <jwolf6589(a)NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Is Office 2008 using Rosetta as well?
>
> No, but, as I said before, most people who upgrade to Office 2008 on
> Intel Macs find it runs _slower_ than 2004.

And much slower than Office X

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From: Hauke Fath on 16 Feb 2010 10:39
John <jwolf6589(a)NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote:

> I remember Office 4.2 which was loaded with
> emulation code and ran as a snail on most 68K Mac's. However the
> advantage was that I was getting the EXACT same apps on the Mac as on
> the PC and yes Mike I did use the Windows 3.11 version of Office and
> compared them and thy were the exact same apps! However Windows 3.11
> Office took seconds to launch on even a 33mhz processor while it took
> years on a 33mhz Mac CPU.

Well, the Windows 3.1 emulator took some time to launch...

hauke

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