Comments on: Mac OSX Support For USB Polycom Communicator On The Way

By: Tom Meek

Tom Meek — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 09:07:21 +0000

Well…I see we are now at nearly May 1…and no Mac drivers. I have clients waiting for the Mac drivers, and then I can implement a Skype/Mac/Polycom solution – Please!

By: Simon Perry

Simon Perry — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 15:48:29 +0000

Bill – thanks for the details. I think the Polycom would sell well to Mac users – they’d appreciate the quality of build and design.

By: Bill Simmons

Bill Simmons — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 13:31:45 +0000

I asked Polycom about the Mac drivers in January. I got a response (below) on Jan 23, 2007 which states the target date for release of the mac drivers was mid-March. I suggest that everyone post a support ticket requesting mac or linux drivers for this device. It has wonderful performance on the PC. We should not be left out.

Website is here:
http://www.polycom.com/resource_center/1,,pw-16641,FF.html

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Hello Mr. Simmons,

Email Case #: 56279

Original Message Follows:
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We are currently working on Mac Support for Polycom Communicator with
the help of Apple and Skype. We are hoping to do a joint press release
(Skype, Apple, Polycom) at the VON show in March about the availability
of SW to support Skype for Mac. Mid-March is our target to have the SW
publicly available.

Thank you,
Jim
Polycom eSupport
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By: Simon Perry

Simon Perry — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 08:07:28 +0000

Rob – I hadn’t heard that they’d given assurance. I’d like to follow it up, could you post a URL for the Q1 story?

By: Rob Willett

Rob Willett — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 13:07:06 +0000

Great, so possible sometime this year (nine months to go), Polycom may get around to possibly writing a driver for the Communicator for the Mac. I seem to recall that last year they promised it for Q1 this year.

Wonderful service from Polycom (not!). Learnt my lesson with Polycom, buy something else.