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Deals: Purchase Parallels Desktop 16 and Get 10 Mac Apps for Free (1Password Families, Fantastical, and More)

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Parallels today launched a new bundle of eleven macOS apps that is available for new and current Parallels Desktop 16 Mac users. Once you purchase or upgrade to Parallels Desktop 16, you'll gain access to the ten other bundled apps at no extra cost, all of which include one year subscription licenses.

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If you’re a new Parallels Desktop 16 customer, you can buy a new license for $79.99 and get access to the ten macOS apps for free. If you’re upgrading to Parallels Desktop 16, you can pay $49.99 for the upgrade and also gain access to the bundle. You can also make a one-time purchase of the app for $99.99.



This bundle includes Fantastical, 1Password Families, and more. You can find out more information about the bundle on Parallels' website. This bundle will last through February 28 at 11:59 p.m. PST.

  • Parallels Desktop for Mac: Efficiently run Windows, Linux and other popular operating systems on your Mac without rebooting.
  • Parallels Toolbox for macOS or Windows: [One year subscription] An all-in-one solution with more than 30 tools that simplify common tasks to just one-click.
  • Parallels Access for iOS or Android: [One year subscription] Remotely access up to five computers and work easily via any HTML5 web browser.
  • MindManager For Mac 13: [One year subscription] Capture, organize, manage and share your business-critical information more easily.
  • 1Password Families: [One year subscription] Helps your family practice smart online security by generating strong, unique passwords for all your online accounts.
  • Fantastical Premium: [One year subscription] Provides many features including events, tasks, weather, interesting calendars, meeting proposals, instant conference call joining, quick conference call creation, calendar sets, 14 widgets and much more.
  • Octopus.do Pro: [One year subscription] Create your website map, add notes, wireframes, specify page content and use color schemes to improve your site map design.
  • Intego Mac Internet Security X9: [One year subscription] Protect your Mac against malware and network attacks.
  • Acronis True Image 2021 Premium: [One year subscription] Protects photos, files, applications, systems and the devices they are on, through an intuitive interface that is accessible from anywhere.
  • Pocket Premium: [One year subscription] Save articles, videos and stories from any publication, page or app.
  • Gravit Designer PRO: [One year subscription] Full-featured vector graphic design software that works on all platforms.
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Article Link: Deals: Purchase Parallels Desktop 16 and Get 10 Mac Apps for Free (1Password Families, Fantastical, and More)
 
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Can't even buy to own and run ARM based Windows 10. subscription Keep your Intel Mac's Boys.
I don't think sales of this new Parallels is gonna do too well. Windows on ARM is kinda half baked currently.
 
I just checked the parallels website and it is quite funny.

First screen says "purchase a license from 79.99€".

Second screen says "purchase a license for 99.99€ or subscribe for a year for 79.99€".

Not everybody has the same definition of "purchase", it seems.
 
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If these subscription based apps promised many/monthly upgrades with new features I might consider, but that’s not the deal. They could charge the fee for years and not give me anything but license to use the app. No promise of bug fixes or anything. Show me the track record of upgrades and new features...
 
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After accepted to be a guinea pig by jumping on the M1 train, I might need this but never used Parallels before. So, the software doesn't look to be ready for M1 yet? Also Windows ARM version is still far from being mature, right?
 
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Nice subscription bundle
BUT NO thanks!

it’s really a good bundle but if you wanna use it 1 year and 1 day it’s probably much much more.
 
MVMNT said:
It's a deal until you have to enter multiple subscription models a year later.

Why can't we just own nice things these days?
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One problem is it creates a real issue with funding development. The company gets a large influx of cash when new releases ship and then has to manage that cash for the months or years it takes to create the next release. Better for the company to get a smaller, steadier, amount month after month.

The other issue is the support of old versions. Companies want to keep users on recent versions because expertise on old versions fades quickly and creates a lot of technical debt. This is also why you are seeing companies be more aggressive in dropping support for older versions.
 
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jerryk said:
One problem is it creates a real issue with funding development. The company gets a large influx of cash when new releases ship and then has to manage that cash for the months or years it takes to create the next release. Better for the company to get a smaller, steadier, amount month after month.

The other issue is the support of old versions. Companies want to keep users on recent versions because expertise on old versions fades quickly and creates a lot of technical debt. This is also why you are seeing companies be more aggressive in dropping support for older versions.
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Is it being claimed that companies are unable to balance their budget for software titles offered. How do companies who offer well written software for free survive without advertisements and data harvesting.

It depends how one views software and licenses. It is a constant utility such as mobile phone service, internet, electricity, heating, water/waste removal, etc or is it like buying a clothing item or electronic device with warranty for a year (or more depending) where it’s purchased once.

Think about it.
 
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jerryk said:
One problem is it creates a real issue with funding development. The company gets a large influx of cash when new releases ship and then has to manage that cash for the months or years it takes to create the next release. Better for the company to get a smaller, steadier, amount month after month.

The other issue is the support of old versions. Companies want to keep users on recent versions because expertise on old versions fades quickly and creates a lot of technical debt. This is also why you are seeing companies be more aggressive in dropping support for older versions.
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Or they could... you know.., finish the software, iron out the bugs, and then sell it.
 
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Or they could... you know.., finish the software, iron out the bugs, and then sell it.
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They did; that was the "large influx of cash" part of the post you replied to. But unless you want your software to be released once and not have continued development after that, "build it until it's perfect, then release it, then retire" doesn't make much sense.

I do subscription models for a few select apps that I feel are worth it; including one in this bundle. Other times, if a developer offers a subscription OR a permanent license, I'll get the permanent license. Panic Transmit is that way; you can buy annual licenses, or you can buy version 5 at a set price and be done with it, but not get "the next version". I, like some others here, remember bundles like these having actual permanent licenses tied to specific versions of software; this seems like it would be nice if you need parallels and want to try some of the other apps, but in general, a bundle of subscription apps is very underwhelming.
 
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