Any student discounts on Parallels ?
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appletechpro
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I would suggest downloading the trial version from their website and using that until Parallels Desktop 8 is released (should be soon).
Tortri
macrumors 6502a
http://www.parallels.com/products/desktop/students/
But suggest you wait until Parallels 8, it'll be out within 2 or 3 months.
But suggest you wait until Parallels 8, it'll be out within 2 or 3 months.
Here you can buy it bundled with some other apps for $49.99
https://stacksocial.com/sales/the-istack-mac-bundle
https://stacksocial.com/sales/the-istack-mac-bundle
Pentad
macrumors 6502a
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As a Professor, I was able to get VMWare Fusion through the University for free since we had a special license with them.
Now, I run both VMWare and Parallels and find I like Parallels better but VMWare is more compatible when using VMs from Windows.
However, if you can get VMWare for free, you can buy Parallels for $29 from their site here.
No matter what, I would check with my school to find out if they have a deal with either company.
Good Luck!
-P
Looking to buy this and use it with Bootcamp. Hate having to reboot to use Windows..
Any one know where I can buy a copy with student or any other discounts ?
Thanks!!!
As a Professor, I was able to get VMWare Fusion through the University for free since we had a special license with them.
Now, I run both VMWare and Parallels and find I like Parallels better but VMWare is more compatible when using VMs from Windows.
However, if you can get VMWare for free, you can buy Parallels for $29 from their site here.
No matter what, I would check with my school to find out if they have a deal with either company.
Good Luck!
-P
undies1993
macrumors 6502a
M5RahuL
macrumors 68040
I'm able to get it for $9.99 with student discount. However, I'm wondering if the current version [ 7 ] supports rMBP ?
undies1993
macrumors 6502a
It supports it but not the display. So it is very pixelated.
Do you get it straight from your school for that price?
M5RahuL
macrumors 68040
undies1993
macrumors 6502a
Yeah it is. Hope version 8 has it.
This. And it's easy to use, provides arguably better sandboxing, and is open source to boot.
M5RahuL
macrumors 68040
That's all I was familiar with... Going to try Virtualbox now!
Thanks for the insight!
That's all I was familiar with... Going to try Virtualbox now!
Thanks for the insight!
If you ever have any desire to experiment with OSs, running Linux on it has been an absolute pleasure. Never used Windows, though.
M5RahuL
macrumors 68040
Yeah, I'm going to do UBuntu and Win 7
Not sure how much RAM to alot to Win 7 though... Have 16GB on the system.
i have 16 GB as well. so i allocated 8 to windows 7 since i do play some games on the windows.
i'm assuming that if OS X needs more than 8 GB ram, it will won't be capped at 8.
aaronw1986
macrumors 68030
Win7 performs well as a VM with 4GB of RAM.
blazeken996
macrumors member
But wait what if you have a app that only works on windows and another app that only works on mac? And you have to use both at the same time.:0