I never ended up with live thirty bees site. I just tested few versions and I think my ps 1.5 store is much faster, reliable and suits my needs that tb. I can't complain about incompatibilities because all modules and templates I tested with tb were working fine. The most bothering thing is the management and the development of the project. No one says a word about mdekker's disappearance, maybe few know that he's the only and the one person who developed the fork! Neither Lesley or traumflug. Since mdekker left, the project is getting worse with every release. The only person who knows something about prestashop there is datakick, and I wonder when he will realize that its dead cause. He's there because the community I think, but every day it is left by valuable members, and it's not without the help from both Lesley and traumflug ...
I wish you all of luck with your project but personally I will count on ps 1.7 an prefer to invest time and money in it. From my recent observations it is getting much better and I think soon will be completely working solution with much greater future than tb.