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Parallels Desktop 11 for Mac Released With Windows 10 and Cortana Support
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Ugh! I JUST upgraded to Parallels 10 last month because I wanted to run the Windows 10 Preview and Parallels had all sorts of warning how version 9 did not support Windows 10. Now I need to upgrade again?? Because their upgrades are so expensive this is like $100 just to run Win10...
<sighs, mutters softly under breath, pulls out credit card>
Hoping that by this time next year, some of the Windows-dependent Salesforce ecosystem tools will have finally finished migrations over to OS X. It's not that $50 is a huge amount of money, but Parallels has felt like an absolute mob racket the past few years. I look at it as a peace of mind tax and move on.
When I upgrade next year, I'll probably just turn my 13" Air into a "PC" by running Boot Camp on it almost exclusively thereafter. Windows 10 is surprisingly tolerable.
Nope. I tried, got the eror that said that the Video Graphics Adapter didn't support Win10, so the install bailed.
I am running the Win 10 technical preview rather than the full PROD Win10, but otherwise this is what I'm running atm. Minor issues but definitely no show stoppers.
Good idea. I just submitted a refund form. We'll see..I checked the date..I bought it July 14th.
Hope it works..I really do free burned by the double upgrade...
I've run Win 10 insider previews and now RTM in PD 10 on the last few El Cap Dev Previews without issue.
No one is expecting a free upgrade, but $50 for an upgrade every year for an $80 program is expensive. I can afford it, but paying customers should get it a little cheaper.
You reckon Apple would give you a discount if you bought three iPhones? Even if you came back the next year and bought another 3?
No it doesn’t. Either you have a problem, that’s a lie or you are badly informed.
That’s what I believe. As to the game, is depends which games.
A native boot into Windows will, assuming your GPU is up to it will give you full DX12 support for example. Parallels will not.
From their FAQ, if you bought it before mid-July (forget the actual date) and October (upcoming) - they will email you the activation code and download link. I got Parallels 10 just 2 weeks ago; so I had the same question.
I skip every other version of PD (went from PD8 to PD10) as the version released for the current OSX works for the next major release. When I do update, I usually score a discounted version for $39 (there's about an offer a week), or an upgrade/full in a bundle that effectively costs $30-35.
So at least for me, for the last few years, I've spent about $40/2-years on PD after my initial purchase (which itself was discounted).
I only use it to run Winders© VMs for work related tasks, so the cost is offset in about 15 minutes
So at least for me, for the last few years, I've spent about $40/2-years on PD after my initial purchase (which itself was discounted).
I only use it to run Winders© VMs for work related tasks, so the cost is offset in about 15 minutes
Not actually the point. Paying for software yearly feels like a subscription. Not a fan of subscription based software.
Not to say it's not worth it or anything, and I don't mind paying for software. It's just every OS X release means paying for parallels again. (If you want to stay current.)
That being said, I've been running 10.x on El Cap beta since it was released and haven't run into any issues. I tend to wait until Parallels pops up in a bundle somewhere so i feel better about upgrading.
I had windows 10 working fine in a parallels trial, but recently just bought Fusion instead coz it was cheaper.
Parallels 9 only worked on 10.9. Had to upgrade to 10 to use it in Yosemite while other software kept running great
Really hate the way they treat their customers ( and thats why they won't get a single cent from me again )
It makes absolute sense. And it has nothing to do with "breaking the bank." It has to do with fair and reasonable. Annual upgrades should not be over 60% of the original price of the product. If they were to go to a true subscription model, where they charged $30 a year I would definitely sign up for that.
It does. I currently have windows 10 installed via parallels 10. I really don't care to have cortana so I probably won't upgrade to parallels 11.
I have to part ways with you on that one. I was a VMWare user before moving to Parallels, and I found them to be just as bad, if not worse. In fact, I moved to Parallels because I got tired of paying so much for VMWare Fusion upgrades. On top of that, Parallels seems to put features in sooner.
Bought and installed. Running great so far for me, plus I develop in .Net using Visual Studio so the Pro was a great addition for the same price.
Apples to oranges (No pun intended). Hardware production costs are tangible, and it's difficult (impossible?) to pirate hardware. Software development costs, while real in and of themselves are much easier to discount to users of multiple machines. Even MS, who makes most of their income from software gives secondary computer licenses with their products. A "three for $150" license for Parallels would likely end up being a net positive to their bottom line.