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Parallels 11 With Windows 10 to Allow Mac Users to Access Cortana on OS X

Unreal.

I guess the world stopped making dystopian movies just long enough for an entire generation to be born and raised and have no idea why having open microphones in your living room, running a live feed straight out to some corporate & government server farm somehwere is a bad idea.

Fine. Learn by doing.
 
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MLVC said:
I can't get the reserve a copy of Windows 10 option on my Parallels 10. I know absolutely nothing about these things, their support was useless, and I have to use Windows unfortunately because of my main work software is not available for Mac. Guess I'm stuck with Windows 8, because there's no support whatsoever from Parallels, except for somebody telling me it should work (which it obviously doesn't, otherwise I wouldn't be asking you duh)
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I followed the guide here to get my reservation. http://www.digitaltrends.com/comput...ows-10-upgrade-notification-heres-what-to-do/


*edit* i see posts dont auto merge anymore, sorry mods
 
SoyCapitanSoyCapitan said:
The stupid thing is I don't want to say 'Hey Siri/Cortana'

I want to choose my own command and choose my assistant's name. If I cam grumble like Christian Bale's Batman and call my computer Alfred then I'm up for this virtual assistant thing.
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You can name S Voice whatever you want?
 
Makes me wonder why there is no Siri on OS X. Still, Windows 10 looks like a good OS. If only my Mac wasn't so lovely, I'd be happy to build a Windows 10 PC :D
 
ThunderSkunk said:
Unreal.

I guess the world stopped making dystopian movies just long enough for an entire generation to be born and raised and have no idea why having open microphones in your living room, running a live feed straight out to some corporate & government server farm somehwere is a bad idea.

.
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Plenty of nude girls and gamers make money doing that.
 
jayhawk11 said:
God this company is just as bad as EA. Yearly paid upgrades and built-in ads on a virtualization program is absurd.
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I've been using Parallels for several months now and twice I had a question for support and the reply was lightning fast. I use Parallels professionally and upgrade for 49.99 is nothing, I ask much more an hour. If you want free, use VirtualBox, but please stop whining about 49.99 USD. As for built-in ads, can you tell me where I can find those other than 2 or so entries in the "Parallels Desktop" menu?
 
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The release version of Windows 10 (to be released on 29 July) does not work with Parallels 10. The parallels WDDM display adapter is not up to scratch according to Windows 10.

Quote from Parallels:

Cause

You receive this warning due to the fact that the Parallels Display Adapter driver is not included to the list of drivers compatible for Windows 10 Update.

Information

Parallels Engineering team is working with Microsoft to provide detailed upgrade instructions for Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 virtual machines to Windows 10.

See:

http://kb.parallels.com/123053

http://kb.parallels.com/en/122884

This issue has been going on for months with no fix.

Simply put, At the moment, anyone with Windows 8.1, 7 etc cannot upgrade to Windows 10 (on or beyond July 29) until the virtual WDDM display adapter in Parallels is fixed.
 
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avanpelt said:
I just wish Parallels would fix the issues plaguing version 10 of the software. Looks like they'll just roll the fixes into Parallels 11 and sell me an upgrade.

Interesting thing is that last night, I tried to install the Win 10 Enterprise Preview via Parallels and the install went great up until the point that it was finally ready to boot to the Win 10 desktop and then it threw an error saying that one of the Parallels drivers wasn't signed properly and that I had to repair the install.

There was no option to continue so I was simply SOL. The Parallels "Support" team (I use that term loosely) told me to try rolling back to a previous snapshot of the VM. When I replied that I didn't have any snapshots since I had just installed the OS, their response was that they're working with Microsoft to try to find the cause of the problem. I told them that it seems pretty cut and dry that one of their drivers isn't signed properly. I'm sure that problem will be fixed with Parallels 11 but who knows if they'll leave Parallels 10 out in the cold or not?

Also, full screen VMs on external monitors, while supported, have been broken since at least version 10.1.2. It used to be that if you powered down a VM that had been full screen on an external monitor, closed Parallels, reopened Parallels, and launched that VM again, it would automatically return to full screen on the external monitor it had been on when it was closed. Ever since 10.1.2, whenever I launch a VM that had been full screen on my external monitor, it launches full screen on my MacBook display and I have to shrink it down, drag it over to one of my two external monitors, and make it full screen again.

I reported that problem months ago, they acknowledged the problem, but still have yet to fix it. Once again, it will probably be fixed in version 11.0, which I'll have to pay for.
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I just hope they fix all the issues that are plaguing 10 right now. I'm afraid they will add features and the bugs will persist.
 
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sumo.do said:
Quote "Parallels 10, the current version of Parallels, has been updated to support Windows 10."

The master version of Windows 10 to be released on 29 July does not work with Parallels 10. The parallels WDDM display adapter is not up to scratch according to Windows 10.

Quote from Parallels:

Cause

You receive this warning due to the fact that the Parallels Display Adapter driver is not included to the list of drivers compatible for Windows 10 Update.

Information

Parallels Engineering team is working with Microsoft to provide detailed upgrade instructions for Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 virtual machines to Windows 10.

See:

http://kb.parallels.com/123053

http://kb.parallels.com/en/122884

This issue has been going on for months with no fix.

Simply put, At the moment, anyone with Windows 8.1, 7 etc cannot upgrade to Windows 10 (on or beyond July 29) until the virtual WDDM display adapter in Parallels is fixed.
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I guess that's my issue as well. I've tried the other option that was mentioned here, but that didn't work either. Guess I'll just have to wait. Ah no biggie, just wish they made that very clear, but I haven't found the info you just provided. Guess their own support knows nothing.
 
dagamer34 said:
Yeah, at this point, I wish Parallels would just make their software a subscription. Paying yearly for upgrades is a pain.
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I understand what you're saying, but I personally don't see much difference in paying every year for an upgrade or paying for a subscription. I'd rather "upgrade" each year, at least under this model if you don't want to upgrade or you want to give it to someone, etc... you can. I don't at all care for the software rental model. To each their own but that's my opinion.



Any word on if Cortana will also be working in the next version of VMWare Fusion?
 
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Shame on you, Apple. Cortana is better and it's available now on the Mac when your Siri is still not even there with all you $ billions.

Windows 10 seems like a real option now to ruined ugly OS X. And new phones with Windows 10 that can connect to a monitor and turn into a desktop computer are cool as hell.
 
Mactendo said:
Shame on you, Apple. Cortana is better and it's available now on the Mac when your Siri is still not even there with all you $ billions.

Windows 10 seems like a real option now to ruined ugly OS X. And new phones with Windows 10 that can connect to a monitor and turn into a desktop computer are cool as hell.
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Money does not fix all problems.

SoyCapitanSoyCapitan said:
These settings don't exist on my iPad
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That's because S Voice is not on an iPad. I was simply pointing out that it did something that neither Apple, Google, or Microsoft have been able to do. Siri is not S Voice.
 
Mactendo said:
Hell yes. The issues are in some key heads.
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I would say it is a very complicated issue. Are there enough people working in it? Are there enough qualified people to end up hiring in the first place? How important is Siri to them in comparison to other projects? What are their goals for Siri?
 
thekeyring said:
Makes me wonder why there is no Siri on OS X. Still, Windows 10 looks like a good OS. If only my Mac wasn't so lovely, I'd be happy to build a Windows 10 PC :D
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You don't need to build anything. I'm using windows on all my macs and rebooting to Mac OS only once in a year to upgrade it ;)
 
aloshka said:
I just hope they fix all the issues that are plaguing 10 right now. I'm afraid they will add features and the bugs will persist.
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Hmmmm I've been running Parallels 10 for over 9 months now with Windows 8.1 and I have never had a single problem. I hope I didn't just jinx myself. :eek:
 
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