Will Nikon Scan 4 run on Mac Pro?

The new Mac Pro will be delivered tomorrow. While gathering as much information as possible about the compatibility of my current programs, I came upon a note on the Nikon website, stating that Nikon Scan 4 is not compatible with Intel Macs.
I imagine it would be running through Rosetta. Am I correct? Or will I have to keep the old G4 as a dedicated scanning computer?

It finally works! Instead of installing it again from
the disk I downloaded Nikon Scan 4 and the 4.02
update from Nikon's site, and that one works,
although it has the same name without anything
indicating it might be a modified version. Has me
wondering, but hey, it works!
I was wondering how well it works and if the post scan processing of slides using using the Mac Pro is faster than your G4 machine. I scan about 45,000 slides a year and am looking to upgrade my DP G4 1.42 machines.
I was talking to NikonUSA yesterday and there is no information on if and when Scan 4 will be updated, for now it appears that it runs under Rosseta. Their Official position is that it may or not run on a MacPro.
Thank you for any feedback.
As for VueScan. The dynamic range at 4000DPI 16bit scans is much better with Nikon's software. Not just my opinion but is shared by those who pay me to do their work.

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