"Good morning! Let's get your day started" (from the screen shot) sounds like the beginning of some dystopian future where people are slaves to machines, forcibly toiling away in a dreary existence with no escape other than death.
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Parallels 11 With Windows 10 to Allow Mac Users to Access Cortana on OS X
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Kind of like how Apple artificially prevents things working with their hardware/software when it suits them?
Not like how they used software to make sure that Siri was disabled on the iPhone4 or how 10.8 was disabled on the Original Mac Pro, (when they did have it working)?
Have a look on your Mac here, (open in text edit);
/System/Library/CoreServices/PlatformSupport.plist
This file is what tells the installer which Macs not to install on, there are countless other roadblocks in this and other apps.
Seriously, I am not Apple and this is not Apple vs. Parallels. Has Apple stopped a device that performed a function from performing that same function at a given point in time? Take Siri for example: it never worked on iPhone 4. There wasn't a point in time that an update stopped it from working. Not so with Parallels. It can be argued that Parallels has prevented their software from working on OS X updates beyond one version released post release of the corresponding version of Parallels. Completely different.
The question is: Why? Why would I waste precious CPU and RAM resources to run Windows 10 only to use Cortana?
Ok. Admittedly it was beta but yes, 10.8 worked on the original Mac Pro out of the box. In the next update, it stopped working and never returned. Anyhow, when did Parallels do it, please give an example, (did you yourself not say that PD8 still works with Yose)?
As long as your iDevice is plugged in, Siri can listed for "Hey Siri", you might have to turn it on in settings.
Handy AND keeps your phone charged as a bonus....
Gary
Is it possible to have Cortana and Siri speak to each other as a result of this? I would love to start a conversation and see how far they take it.
Cortana would kick Siri's sorry butt.
Last two posts here: https://forum.parallels.com/threads/parallels-desktop-8-and-yosemite-update.312298/
The situation with Parallels 7 on OS X 10.9: http://kb.parallels.com/en/117394
The situation with Parallels 8 on OS X 10.10: http://kb.parallels.com/au/121895
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Also for Parallels 5/6 on On OS X 10.8: http://kb.parallels.com/en/114410
Essentially, Parallels set up an expected pattern of obsoleting their software beyond one year of Mac updates.
Not upgrade but installing a fresh VM with Windows 10 works. Currently I'm running a full released version of Windows 10 in Parallels. Those of us that installed the preview release already received the final copy. I've had no issues running Windows 10 using parallels. Although... Microsoft Edge is annoying because many things cannot be opened using Edge and it forces you to use IE.
I was not able to 'upgrade' my 8.1 VM but because it was bootcamp, I just rebooted into bootcamp and initiated the upgrade. I will just need to upgrade it booted directly into the OS.
Just some options for those that NEED to use Windows for work but prefer using Mac
As you yourself said, Parallels 8 works just fine on Yosemite. I've been using it since Yosemite GM, no problems whatsoever. No need to waste money on an upgrade that gives me absolutely nothing extra (sorry to those who fell for the upgrade marketing without testing for themselves).
I suspect the actual situation is that Parallels didn't intentionally cripple older releases to stop working on new versions of OS X; they simply didn't update them to do so. In the case of Parallels 8 on Yosemite, it happens to still work. No conspiracy here.
What's more concerning to me is that every new guest OS requires a new release of Parallels to run properly (my copy of Parallels 8 will run on top of Yosemite, but it won't run Yosemite as a guest). Why is that? If they were properly virtualizing the hardware to look like a real machine as far as the guest OS is concerned, then wouldn't any OS that runs on the real hardware, new or old, also run in the virtual machine? This suggests that every major new OS exposes bugs in their virtual machine implementation that they have to go fix and package up as a paid upgrade.
And if every major new guest OS requires fixes to Parallels, why isn't this also the case for minor updates?
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That's why I use piracy as a checks and balances against bloated software prices. If it's a legit price, I buy it. If it's ridiculous like this, I pirate it.
Couldn't agree more. I was shocked when I had to the amount they wanted just to make my experience "compatible" with Windows 8. Now, with Windows 10 only days away I'm sure I'll have another "exclusive upgrade offer".
Thumbs up to Microsoft on cortana, by far the best thought out and implemented assistant based on the legendary Halo franchise, though as I do not use any of them, I can't really comment on which is the best, though from reading others feedback, it's time apple gave Siri a makeover to match it with the other girls..
Cortana seems so much better in many ways than Siri, it's embarrassing. Even made the way to the desktop while Siri hasn't yet, and no plans to.
Siri debuted in 2011. We should now be getting Siri 5.0, but instead feels like Siri 1.3 or 1.4. 2.0 if I'm generous.
Siri debuted in 2011. We should now be getting Siri 5.0, but instead feels like Siri 1.3 or 1.4. 2.0 if I'm generous.
Siri requires noise cancellation technology and the A5 chips power that the iPhone 4 didn't have. Look at the jailbreaks. They behaved rather poorly.
The original Mac Pro 1,1 and 2,1 used 32bit EFI which was dropped rather quickly in OS X 10.8. In addition the graphics cards also behave erratically in future OS updates because of lack of 64-bit kernel extensions. This included lack of graphical acceleration, artifacts, and general lag.
What's wrong with you if an opinion about an OS hurts you so much. "bye bye"? Really?
I dunno, for me it points to a kind of sad Weird Science feel. Some nerds in the basement of Microsoft decided to create a sexy 'perfect' digital hot chick for no other reason than to excite other virgin nerd guys.
How are women going to feel about interacting with this weird cyber chick?
I'm just not convinced that a voice recognition interface needs to be looking like this. I'd be interested to hear what women think of this. Yet more objectification and peddling of the unrealistic like Barbie and Disney princesses, or harmless fun?