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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!!! :apple:
 
I would suggest downloading the trial version from their website and using that until Parallels Desktop 8 is released (should be soon).
 
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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!!! :apple:


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!
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Thanks guys... I will check with my Univ. Hopefully, Univ of Colorado has some decent discounts! :apple:
 
I don't know how credible it is but check here

I would like to wait for version 8 to hopefully see rMBP adaption

I'm able to get it for $9.99 with student discount. However, I'm wondering if the current version [ 7 ] supports rMBP ?
 
That's all I was familiar with... Going to try Virtualbox now!

Thanks for the insight! :apple:

If you ever have any desire to experiment with OSs, running Linux on it has been an absolute pleasure. Never used Windows, though.
 
If you ever have any desire to experiment with OSs, running Linux on it has been an absolute pleasure. Never used Windows, though.

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.
 
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.
 
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