MacUpdate Bundle: Parallels and 9 More Mac Apps for $64.99

[MacRumors]

MacUpdate has also launched their spring application bundle. Their latest bundle delivers up to 10 Mac applications for $64.99 (up to a $474.76 value if all purchased separately), and includes a number of unique applications, including the Windows virtualization software Parallels 3.0. The applications include:

DVDRemaster Pro - recompress DVDs for use on the iPod, iPhone and Apple TV
StoryMill - creative writing tool to outline, write and publish a novel
Hazel - create rules to automatically sort and organize your files
Art Text - create high quality headings, logos, banners, buttons
MenuCalendarClock - iCal compatible menu-bar calendar.
Leap - advanced file browsing and tagging
Typinator - type common phrases and pictures
Sound Studio* - record and edit audio
BannerZest* - create animated Flash banners
Parallels 3.0* - PC virtualization software for Intel Macs. Run Windows in Mac OS X.

This bundle sale runs from April 16 - 29th. As typical in these bundle sales, some applications are "locked" until certain sales thresholds are met. Parallels, BannerZest and Sound Studio are currently in "locked" status. These applications will become available to all bundle buyers once sales goals are reached.

MacRumors is a promotional partner with MacUpdate. Bundle sales through these links benefit MacRumors financially, and provide a way for readers to directly support this site.

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[Eidorian]

I'll be skipping this one. I preferred last years.

[flopticalcube]

meh. Aside from Parallels nothing really stands out.

[fekimoki]

Yeah, I'm going to pass this. But the promo design is better if compared last year

[Doctor Q]

Parallels Desktop alone costs $79.99. If it gets unlocked, it's like getting everything else for free.

[Eidorian]

Originally Posted by Doctor Q

Parallels Desktop alone costs $79.99. If it gets unlocked, it's like getting everything else for free.

We're Mac users. Who doesn't already have Parallels?

I understand the money you can make by parting out the applications you don't want but I'm not going to put forth the effort.

[jackc]

Damn, I recently bought Leap in another deal, that would have made it more enticing.

[Digital Skunk]

Originally Posted by flopticalcube

meh. Aside from Parallels nothing really stands out.

Amen. This one is a bit more disappointing then the last. I guess the other apps would come in handy for some other folks.

Originally Posted by Eidorian

We're Mac users. Who doesn't already have Parallels?

I understand the money you can make by parting out the applications you don't want but I'm not going to put forth the effort.

Amen x2. I run VMWare, and a lot of my Apple using colleagues have either picked that up or Parallels soon after they got their Intel based Macs.

For the Intel user that doesn't have Parallels or Fusion this is a good deal based on that app alone. But getting rid of the other apps would be more a nuisance than a blessing.

[ltcol266845]

Originally Posted by Eidorian

We're Mac users. Who doesn't already have Parallels?

OR who doesn't already have a legal version of Parallels?

[aliquis-]

Originally Posted by Eidorian

We're Mac users. Who doesn't already have Parallels?

I understand the money you can make by parting out the applications you don't want but I'm not going to put forth the effort.

I don't, I'm a mac user, not a Windows user. And I'd prefer it that way, or I wouldn't had bought this mbp.

[ezekielrage_99]

Originally Posted by Doctor Q

Parallels Desktop alone costs $79.99. If it gets unlocked, it's like getting everything else for free.

That's what I was thinking.

Also I think this is a far better pack than the MacHeist bundle, it actually has stuff that I'll use opposed to a really cheap package with applications that I might have a use for.

[MagnusVonMagnum]

So if they don't meet their sales goals, you're basically screwed and don't get many of the apps they're claiming to offer? Sorry, I'll pass on BS like that.

[andiwm2003]

sounds like a good bundle to me. the emphasis is on useful apps. i'm going to watch this closely and maybe i'll buy it if all apps get unlocked.

[garty]

Originally Posted by Doctor Q

Parallels Desktop alone costs $79.99. If it gets unlocked, it's like getting everything else for free.

True enough but the upgrade is $49.99 so unless there is something else I need then I'll pass too.

[macdim]

Hey, I'm new to this bundle stuff... but has there ever been a time when the "sales goal" was not met, and the applications remained locked?

[EagerDragon]

Originally Posted by macdim

Hey, I'm new to this bundle stuff... but has there ever been a time when the "sales goal" was not met, and the applications remained locked?

I think most times they meet the goal but I can not swear to it.

However this time around it may not happen, I and others do not seem to find anything in the bundle that either we do not have or that we really need.

It is a gamble.
Flip a coin.


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[arn]

Originally Posted by EagerDragon

It is a gamble.
Flip a coin.

I don't think it's much of a gamble. First off - I have no inside knowledge of how this bundle unlocking works, etc...

that being said.... for all of these bundle sales, the apps have always been unlocked. It's in everyone's best interest.

I would be shocked if all the apps didn't get unlocked.

arn

[WannaBMW3]

Can't wait to get Parrells..

[dalvin200]

seems like a good deal.. if i didnt already have parallels, i'd get it..

any of you guys out there who have a need for virtualization, then i'd recommend this bundle.. even if you dont use the other apps

[Jiddick ExRex]

I just downloaded a trial of Hazel and Typinator. Typinator is very very good, much better than other abbreviation apps I have tried. It just annoys me to no end that I cannot seem to get rid of it at the top of the menu bar. I hate unimportant apps that reside there.

Hazel basically is superior to an Automator script and it is VERY useful to me since I always download a lot of crap and forget to remove it again, save the apps from the .dmgs. This way I can trash old documents and move keep apps to another folder automatically.

MenuCalendarClock really saves me time from loading iCal whenever I want to check my calendar.

Wow. Just tried Art Text and it's really cool to make nice headings and logos and such.

I will buy this, but my main incentive would be to get a license of Parallels since that pretty much made the best and easiest Windows installation I have ever tried.

[blaster_boy]

For those trying to play games on Parallels or VMWare's Fusion, note that there is a third option called Crossover games; it's a build of crossover which is normally only for the like of Office and such, but optimised for games.

It's a wine build made specifically for mac, you can try it out for a week or two I believe, and otherwise it's only 37 euros.

Most of the popular Steam games run, as well as Guild Wars and Eve Online.

[ANTMUZ]

As mentioned before Parallels 4.0 shouldn't be that far off. Also Typinator 3.0 has just come out, but it says 2.1 here. So is it really all that much of a bargain?

[Juo100]

Originally Posted by ANTMUZ

As mentioned before Parallels 4.0 shouldn't be that far off. Also Typinator 3.0 has just come out, but it says 2.1 here. So is it really all that much of a bargain?

While you're correct about Parallels 4.0 being around the corner the version of Typinator that is downloaded in this bundle is infact 3.0

http://rubyurl.com/JB6h << The version I downloaded and registered today from MacUpdate

http://rubyurl.com/jR2k << I think it might be a mistake they have made, in the final bill it shows as " Typinator 3.0"

[twoodcc]

if i had the money, i'd be tempted to get this. hopefully next year i'll have job, and can buy it

[andy721]

Rip off! Why can't this be free? Oh wait it is.