Last time we had a peek at Monolingual, we talked about how you can use it to remove unnecessary language resource and localization files from the Mac OS X, to make more disk space and (ostensibly) improve system performance. But did you know you can also use it to zap PowerPC resources too? Indeed, if you zap the non-Intel architecture stuff using Mono, your Intel Mac will really scream.

Just be careful when you do it. Remove the wrong resources, and you won't be able to run Microsoft Office, one of the few "big" Mac apps that still requires Rosetta, the PowerPC-emulating subsystem of Mac OS X.

While Monolingual's creators claim the program is smart enough to avoid blowing up important PowerPC resource forks in universal applications and avoid altogether messing with PowerPC-only apps (a la MS Office), at least a few of us would beg to differ. We've heard from several that have had Entourage quit working because the wrong PowerPC architecture stuff got zapped during a Monolingual session. All boiled down, the point is this--Mono can make your Intel Mac scream, but don't do it on your work computer unless you're really, really careful.