According to Dan Lozz on the Apple Discussion boards: It's also pretty small, weighing in at only 2MB.ĭespite early reports to the contrary, if you're worried about having PowerPC code on your Mac you can uninstall Rosetta. The good news is that Rosetta runs only when needed, otherwise it isn't even loaded. Needing Word for a book deadline, I bit the bullet and installed Rosetta and, to my surprise, I noticed no appreciable performance loss whatsoever. doc files were coded for PowerPC and will also require Rosetta.ĭespite Apple's assurances I was reluctant to install to Rosetta for fears of slowing down my MacBook Pro, but I need needed to install Microsoft Office. My wingman here at The Apple Core David Morgenstern notes that the Nisus file translators for. It looks and feels just like it did before. No word yet from Microsoft as to if or when an Intel-native Office 08 installer is coming.Īpple notes that Rosetta 'dynamically translates most of your PowerPC-based applications to work with your Intel-based Mac. The Microsoft Office installer is still a PPC application. Rosetta is only required to install Office, not run it. If you already have Office 2008 installed on your Mac, no extra installation is required. As I tweeted on August 17, installing Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac requires the installation of Rosetta, which is now an optional install in Snow Leopard.