Parallels has completely alleviated my need to have a dedicated Windows machine for testing of my applications. They do software right by continually making improvements. The cost is reasonable and I have found the product to be better than Fusion. If you are a casual user either will work though. At $50 for each upgrade or $100/year for a subscription it is good deal. I realize there are free products that will work, but I've never had a problem. For a casual user the $80 entry point is reasonable given the quality of the product and you don't have to upgrade to every new version. A Windows VM is significantly better than a few hundred dollar Windows computer and takes up zero space.
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$80 for one time usage and $50 for a version update.
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Along with improvements. You are not forced to upgrade so there is nothing to complain about.
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I have a feeling your problem may be not having a clean version of Windows as a starting point. I am running a 2014 MacBook Pro and the various versions of Windows I use for different purposes are Windows XP, 7, 10, Server 2008 and Server 2012. None are clunky of course all were clean installs. Whenever I have created a new VM I go back to clean versions I saved on an external drive to avoid the reinstall process. It works well for me.
Yes you’re forced to upgrade each time a new MACOS version comes out, it doesn’t matter if it can run on the new OS version. It’s programmed to stop opening and ask you to pay to keep it working.