I'm waiting for Fusion to be updated. I never really cared for Parallels, from my experience it was too buggy. I prefer stability over performance. I'm not going to be playing any games in a virtual environment anyways
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Parallels Desktop 14 for Mac Offers Speed and Storage Gains, macOS Mojave Support
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I have been using parallels since the very beginning, but once my contract expires I will no longer extend it.
My experience is that since Parallel 13 Windows 10 sucks! Network just doesn’t work you get KB throughput while using a mac on a 500Mbit Internet connection.
Parrallels support is absolutely horrendous, they don’t listen and hardly speak English as it is.
This issue has been reported to Parallels many times, but no fix, no reaction except reinstall. Which I have done several times....
Sorry parallels your cost structure sucks and now your product does too
I’ve used Fusion since it was first available. I just use Windows for tiny things here and there. Works for me. Parallels is like Madden. $60 a year for a roster update and a few tweaks. I think the biggest thing is their game engine switch, but other than that, a roster update.
Thanks, mkelly. Much appreciated.
I do own a one-year license of Macrium Reflect which I bought for my trial Windows 10 Dell laptop, so all-good there, relative to license.
But I do have a lingering question:
Parallels is hosted over MacOS drivers with very few exceptions. Don't I need to supply those drivers during the boot/restore? Or does the Windows 10 boot environment supply/bind those?
[Worst case I will contact Macrium support, which is exceptional in prior experiences, and request guidance.]
I used Parallels back when I first got an Intel Mac, used them up to 2015 when I ditched OS X for Windows. Now that I'm back, I reflexively purchased Parallels again (though I winced at the cost).
I haven't had any issues -- like many, I run Visual Studio in it and other Windows software that I need and cannot replicate under macOS. I'm surprised to hear all of these issues. So far, it's been pretty smooth sailing other than Parallels' need to add system wide hotkeys which aren't necessary (like F6 to VM).
Sorry, in XCode F6 is my Step Over key. Frustrating, considering that developers are probably a huge portion of the target market for Parallels!
Anyhow, it has been working well for me thus far. I don't do multi monitor inside of the VM though, that caused all kinds of perf issues. But my main display is an LG 5K and I have the 15" rMBP display and a 4K Dell as well. So it just might be too much for the virtualized environment to handle. Though I haven't tested 14 with it -- just installed.
I haven't had any issues -- like many, I run Visual Studio in it and other Windows software that I need and cannot replicate under macOS. I'm surprised to hear all of these issues. So far, it's been pretty smooth sailing other than Parallels' need to add system wide hotkeys which aren't necessary (like F6 to VM).
Sorry, in XCode F6 is my Step Over key. Frustrating, considering that developers are probably a huge portion of the target market for Parallels!
Anyhow, it has been working well for me thus far. I don't do multi monitor inside of the VM though, that caused all kinds of perf issues. But my main display is an LG 5K and I have the 15" rMBP display and a 4K Dell as well. So it just might be too much for the virtualized environment to handle. Though I haven't tested 14 with it -- just installed.
Since subscribing is not free, you are not getting anything free, so "lets not make stuff up".
I don't have issues with the networking performance - see mine here for example - the impact is negligible between native and in Windows (I'm uploading stuff to Azure at the minute, otherwise my upload would be very similar to download at 1Gbps symmetrical).
What I have found though is that in the Pro version of Parallels I have to turn on the network conditioner and set everything to zero. If I don't, I get weirdly sporadic network performance. See here for what I mean.
What I have found though is that in the Pro version of Parallels I have to turn on the network conditioner and set everything to zero. If I don't, I get weirdly sporadic network performance. See here for what I mean.
VirtualBox vs. Fusion, Parallels, Bootcamp. None are perfect, but VB is free and less hassle than BC. If you need deep hardware integration and speed, buy a cheap Windows box.
I jumped off the VMWare/Parallels yearly having to upgrade/patch cycle (if you want to stay with the current Mac OS version) a few years ago when VirtualBox became good enough for what I use it for (mainly Linux environments with just the occasional Windows testing).
I cancelled Auto-Renew on my Parallels Subscription after 5 years. I'm tired of their ads, their update cycle, their subscription and bloated tools.
The moment they showed me an ad for additional purchases (via popup and notifications) in my bought and paid for version of PD 13 without any way to permanently disable this they ensured that I will never buy anything from them again.
I use a lot of VMs for work, so the space-saving optimization is worth the subscription cost for me. 50$ per year is reasonable for me considering the impact it has on my work.
I tried VMware Fusion and while it is okay, it struggles a lot during some actions and had a lot of weird small oddities that I didn't see in Parallels like the taskbar doesn't scale properly, some icons didn't render correctly. VMWare was the best for space, they eat up a lot of less space compared to Parallels.
VirtualBox is just too slow for my needs.
For me, Parallels is the best there is and the cost is worth it given how much I use it (4-5h per day with 3-4 VMs).
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I tried VMware Fusion and while it is okay, it struggles a lot during some actions and had a lot of weird small oddities that I didn't see in Parallels like the taskbar doesn't scale properly, some icons didn't render correctly. VMWare was the best for space, they eat up a lot of less space compared to Parallels.
VirtualBox is just too slow for my needs.
For me, Parallels is the best there is and the cost is worth it given how much I use it (4-5h per day with 3-4 VMs).
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They often have a grace period, get in touch with them right away or sign in to your Parallels account, there may be a version 14 key in there already.
Never had any issues with Parallels. We use Parallels at a school I work at. We have the Business edition now. So for education, it works out to $50 per computer. I have Admins that NEED to have Macs even though several programs they need are only made for PC. 
Anyways, I’m just the tech and I have to make it work for them regardless. Initially there was only one person using it and I started with VirtualBox. During the first year, I was constantly having to fix issues that it was time to move on from that.
Anyways, I’m just the tech and I have to make it work for them regardless. Initially there was only one person using it and I started with VirtualBox. During the first year, I was constantly having to fix issues that it was time to move on from that.
They've stopped that after the outrage, I was pissed off and swore to switch to VMware this year but they never ever showed me any ads again.
Is there any source of them saying there will be no ads in the future (plus admitting wrongdoing and apologizing, obviously)? Because unlike you I am still angry and I will not even consider giving them any money otherwise, ever. They can keep their temporary switches they coyly reveal in private messages (and that are reset after updates) and choke on them. I'll just take my chances with Fusion when PD13 stops working.
I am reading "https://www.parallels.com/desktop-upgrade/#compare"
"Start Parallels Desktop up to 80% faster"
I remember when I started using version 13 it was pretty fast. Now starting version 13 it on same machine (I pretty much keep my machine same, just upgrade apps with point releases) become very slow over time. I am starting to wonder why Now they have 80% increase? Why did v13 slowed down over time?
Anyone else noticed this or something else that looks strange?
"Start Parallels Desktop up to 80% faster"
I remember when I started using version 13 it was pretty fast. Now starting version 13 it on same machine (I pretty much keep my machine same, just upgrade apps with point releases) become very slow over time. I am starting to wonder why
Now they have 80% increase? Why did v13 slowed down over time? Anyone else noticed this or something else that looks strange?
My PD13 app took 2-3 minutes to start in most cases, and that did not include starting the VM. I had enough and converted to Fusion 10. It just works like I want it to.I am reading "https://www.parallels.com/desktop-upgrade/#compare"
"Start Parallels Desktop up to 80% faster"
I remember when I started using version 13 it was pretty fast. Now starting version 13 it on same machine (I pretty much keep my machine same, just upgrade apps with point releases) become very slow over time. I am starting to wonder why
Anyone else noticed this or something else that looks strange?
Of course not. Did you see Netflix do the same after they started inserting their own ads in their service for a group of folks?
No company is going to promise anything or admit any wrongdoings. They'd just sweep it under the rug as a A/B test, mistake, etc.
Your own actions is more valuable. If you're not happy, just vote with your money by switching (and hopefully stick with it) and speak out against them in the future.
I've tried but there was nothing to switch to that works for me. I spoke out against Parallels about this and so far, I haven't seen it again.
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