Arroz Posted March 23, 2009 Report Share Posted March 23, 2009 (edited) Hi! Congratulations on the release of the much-anticipated 8.0! Unfortunately I didn't have time to test the betas, but from the specs, the reviews, etc, looks like a great product, finally fully UNIX-aware. Anyway, as both of the machines I use as backup servers are PowerPC, I have to ask... when? Yours Miguel Arroz Edited March 23, 2009 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayoff Posted March 23, 2009 Report Share Posted March 23, 2009 Our plan is to release PPC support as quickly as possible We are shooting for about 30 to 45 days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonHobson Posted March 23, 2009 Report Share Posted March 23, 2009 Our plan is to release PPC support as quickly as possible We are shooting for about 30 to 45 days. Can you guarantee that we won't miss out on any initial upgrade offers (if there are any) by waiting ? I also need G4 support, I can't afford to buy an Intel based computer since I'm still using a SCSI attached tape drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayoff Posted March 23, 2009 Report Share Posted March 23, 2009 Upgrade pricing will continue beyond the PowerPC release. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotmasta Posted April 17, 2009 Report Share Posted April 17, 2009 Hi, Starting to get fidgety about the PPC release. Slight twitching noticeable in left cheek. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayoff Posted April 17, 2009 Report Share Posted April 17, 2009 We are working on it and will release it as soon as we can. I don't have a date to offer you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkuhnert Posted May 5, 2009 Report Share Posted May 5, 2009 Hello, we've bought Retrospect 8 Multi Server Unlimited back in March because EMC initially promised that PPC support will be available with the initial release. After we received it, we had to figure out that it doesn't support PPC. Also, 45 days are almost over now and still nothing happened. This is very annoying because we also paid for ASM but can't even use the software yet. Please tell us when PPC support will be ready as we urgently need a backup solution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayoff Posted May 5, 2009 Report Share Posted May 5, 2009 The current release is buggier than any of us would like, and fixing bugs is our #1 mission right now. If we were to release what we have now on the PowerPC platform, well, that wouldn¹t be so great. We¹re just a couple of weeks away from an Intel bug-fix release that will provide a much improved experience. Now, that¹s not to say that we aren¹t working on PowerPC support at the same time; we are. However, the combination of fixing bugs and the PowerPC changes being somewhat more complex than first thought are causing us to slip the PowerPC release about a month past our original schedule. PowerPC support is now expected in the first half of June. We hope that people can hang in there just a little bit longer for a better product. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotmasta Posted June 4, 2009 Report Share Posted June 4, 2009 1 month later, still hanging in there. Is first half of June looking good? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayoff Posted June 4, 2009 Report Share Posted June 4, 2009 We are running a little behind. It is looking closer to the end of june. Internally it is running on PPC but we are working on bugs and the QA side of things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john2457 Posted June 4, 2009 Report Share Posted June 4, 2009 Please keep chasing this one for us. I'm just one of many folks who use a ppc Mac for backups. I'm guessing that 1.5GB of RAM will not be sufficient to run v.8.0 but would 2GB be enough? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidduff Posted June 13, 2009 Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 i paid back in march. still waiting. i'm not asking anyone to do the impossible, but can we please get some solid info on whether the ppc version is still coming? i ask because estimates for delivery started out in april, then may. now we are almost halfway through june and i still don't get the sense that the estimated delivery is getting closer to the present as time goes forward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayoff Posted June 13, 2009 Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 (edited) PPC is still coming, but we want to release a quality product that everyone will be happy with. If we released it today, you would not be happy with the quality or the speed. It will be out soon. We have it installed on every PPC in our office and tests are running 24/7. We are taking a trip to Apple next week for additional testing. At the same time we are fixing as many Intel based bugs as we can. Edited June 22, 2009 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hermie Posted June 29, 2009 Report Share Posted June 29, 2009 Ehmmm, do I understand correctly that the PPC version has been released? If so, what was the upgrade pricing offer from 5 desktop to 8? I seem to have lost it. I suppose it is still valid, whatever it was... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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