Hello, Execution under Rosetta is slower than native. MS Office -- Can you type faster than the emulated system can respond. I can't. So do you use some sort of office advanced feature that is CPU or graphics intensive. I don't. Adobe CS Studio -- Yes, you need the speed. Also, consider that Adobe can take market share (or vice versa) from Quark so there is an incentive to make their schedule. I believe that MATLAB is also producing native versions (Beta released Oct 20). Acrobat is out. I suspect that MS is trying to supplant PDF with a MS format. If true, explains Acrobat schedule. The picture will be clearer after Macworld... John F. Richardson -----Original Message----- From: x4u-bounces at listserver.themacintoshguy.com [mailto:x4u-bounces at listserver.themacintoshguy.com] On Behalf Of Zane H. Healy Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 1:26 PM To: x4u at listserver.themacintoshguy.com Subject: Re: [X4U] Question on software for Intel Mac's > On 8/11/06 2:53 PM, "Eddie Hargreaves" <meged at earthlink.net> wrote: > > > Microsoft Office: Intel-native version currently scheduled for > > July-September 2007 > > Holy crap. That's a long long time to wait. I couldn't agree more :^( Especially when we all know how "good" MS is at hitting release targets. Zane _______________________________________________ X4U mailing list X4U at listserver.themacintoshguy.com http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x4u Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random stuff: http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984