From the Lab: Measuring Office 2008's performance

Intel-based Macs see gains with Office 2008, but it's a mixed bag for PowerPC

by James Galbraith

Feb 4, 2008 2:35 pm

Last month's release of Microsoft Office 2008 not only introduced new features to the widely used Mac productivity suite but also delivered a version of Office that runs natively on Intel-based Macs. While Office 2004 would work on a Mac powered by an Intel processor, it required the Rosetta translation technology to do so. For many applications, running under Rosetta meant a performance hit, so Intel-based Mac owners were understandably eager to see what kind of performance gains the native version of Office might yield.

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