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Re:Are the days of unlimited online backup over? Our answer ... by shaggyfrog on Thursday February 03, 2011 @07:38PM (#2177749)
Saw this link, read up a bit, and then I decided to sign up for Backblaze. It wasn't until I went to download their software on my Mac OS X Server 10.5 box that the website alerted me that it isn't compatible with PPC machines (although it does support 10.5 on Intel machines).

Very annoyed. Cancelled order.

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Re:Are the days of unlimited online backup over? Our answer ... by jakewalker on Thursday February 03, 2011 @07:44PM (#2177768)
Very annoyed? Hasn't the tide turned enough that you have to be looking for affirmative evidence that a company DOES support PPC at this point, rather than assuming they do until told otherwise?
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Re:Are the days of unlimited online backup over? Our answer ... by shaggyfrog on Thursday February 03, 2011 @07:46PM (#2177774)
Why the -1?

And why shouldn't I be annoyed? It didn't tell me I couldn't use their software until after I had paid them money.

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Re:Are the days of unlimited online backup over? Our answer ... by georgemcbay on Thursday February 03, 2011 @08:19PM (#2177876)
Same thing happened to me when I signed up for their service on my Commodore 64.

:(

Why didn't they tell me up front they don't support Commodore 64s?

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Re:Are the days of unlimited online backup over? Our answer ... by shaggyfrog on Thursday February 03, 2011 @08:38PM (#2177929)
Your C64 runs Mac OS X 10.5? Neat.
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Re:Are the days of unlimited online backup over? Our answer ... by chc on Thursday February 03, 2011 @08:29PM (#2177914)
The system requirements say "Intel Mac". How much clearer would you expect them to be? Just ask for a refund and take it as a lesson to read reqs before software purchases.
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