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Parallels Desktop 9 with OS X Mavericks and Cloud Services Support Launches for Existing Customers
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No, not really.
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Disable the indexing service for the virtual HDD in Windows 7.
I switched from VMWare to Parallels this year because of issues with my account. I felt like there was no choice of being a consumer but a company licencing specialist instead to change even the simplest things. I think it was my fourth virtualization program purchase. I've spent more money on these than for Office or OS X upgrades... Now is the time to pass.
Have you tried it?
I have run F1 2012, Deus Ex HR, Skyrim etc. under P8 on my 3.4GHz, 6970M iMac 2011 with no problems at all.
I wasted a day with parallels tech support after installing Parallels 9 this morning on my work mac. Soo pissed off. I use a security usb dongle for an important bit of work software. Software stopped working.
Back to 8 and all is well on my mac but not in my frazzled mind.
Not really: in Coherence Excel (2010) tends to result in errors all the time. Just bought, downloaded and installed Parallels 9 and everything works ALTHOUGH on my MBP 13"2012 scrolling etc in Coherence is not really smooth.
Will try Parallels Access on my iPad shortly. Now THAT is (supposed to be) a cool extra!
yea I have, and it is pretty incredible how good they run. I have played all kinds of games in parallels. But I still far prefer to run them nativly, even if it means I have to reboot
I'm baffled by all the soothsayers in this thread! Please tell me more about the next Lotto numbers....
Is that documented, or just something you ran into? I use Excel 2010 in Coherence often and haven't had issues.
Thank goodness for that. I'm still seething that without warning VMWare turned into ransomware when I last upgraded OS X. Preventing somebody from launching VMs that worked with the same Virtualization software the day before is criminal.
I´ve been a long time user of both Paralells and VM Ware Fusion and none of them have been slower then using an Atom based PC. Would be interesting to know how you configured the virtual machine to get suck poor performance...
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Yup, and people using bold should be whipped in a public square in Iran
Does anyone know if you can now user Retina display resolutions when running OS X as a guest OS? In the past this is not supported on Fusion or Parallels......
Yup, that's the one bad thing about Parallels is they push updates at least annually with little in the way of features to support the added cost of the upgrade. Couple that with their POS support and it makes Fusion look a lot better as a VM option.
Has anyone seen the system requirements for Parallels 9?
Please don't beat me up for asking this question (I'm a newbie) but I lost my windows disk and wanted to know if "migrate windows from another machine" means I can use my already owned windows and transfer it to my new Mac?
Oh god I dread the insults about to come my way LOL
There is this nasty bug at the moment that was introduced in DP6:
http://forum.parallels.com/showthread.php?290159-Mavericks-DP6-breaks-USB
There seems to be a manual workaround at the moment on page 3 that seems to work (I haven't tried it myself). As with the nature of DPs though, it may or may not exist come the next one.
Parallels 8 works perfectly fine on Mavericks. I use it every day. I also have VM of Windows 8.1 in Parallels 8, works perfect.
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This is supported since Parallels 8.... and yes, its a killer feature for Retina users.
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I was a long time Fusion user and I switched to Parallels. Best move I ever made. Parallels is faster and with the deals on the inet all the time.... cheaper.
Reasons that are specific to me... Im a developer and I test for both need and hobby all the latest beta OSs. Parallels supports new beta OSs within days of their release. VMWare... forget it. You will wait months and have to try to get into a beta program for the next version of Fusion for that to work.
People freak out about Parallels support and yes its rough. However, if you use the support forums, not only are most answers Ive ever had there, but I can post new topics and get the answers I need pretty quick. When Mavericks came out I installed it and broke Parallels 8. Within a day or so the forums had a work around to make it work. Within a week of that Parallels released an update to make it work fine without a workaround. You can forget anything even remotely close to that with Fusion.
Let's look:
- Initial release: June 15, 2006
- Version 2.2: November 2006 (and 2.5 in February 2007)
- Version 3.0: June 2007
- Version 4.0: November 2008
- Version 5.0: November 2009
- Version 6.0: September, 2010
- Version 7.0: September 2011
- Version 8: August 2012
- Version 9: now (August/September 2013)
EDIT: Of course, this doesn't mean you have to upgrade every year. However, they have a habit of dropping support as soon as new version is released, and it tends to break with OS X updates, so if you want to keep using the latest OS X, you might also have to upgrade to the latest Parallels Desktop.
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This only seems to be affecting a very small number of ppl. I am running Mavericks DP6 and Parallels 8 latest version. Both Windows 8 and 8.1 VMs work fine... USB completely fine. On a late 2012 MBP Retina.
Some comments: Parallels does release every year, almost like clockwork. It does not break with new OSes every year.
Unlike most software, parallels (and VMware) uses kernel extensions to dig deep into the system to virtualized things. That makes it more likely to break on major OS updates, unlike something like Omnigraffle.
Yes, if you just got Parallels in a bundle you have to pay again to upgrade. Parallels comes out in a bundle every year, and the new version is about a month later every year. It's their close out sale before they release the new version.
Unlike most software, parallels (and VMware) uses kernel extensions to dig deep into the system to virtualized things. That makes it more likely to break on major OS updates, unlike something like Omnigraffle.
Yes, if you just got Parallels in a bundle you have to pay again to upgrade. Parallels comes out in a bundle every year, and the new version is about a month later every year. It's their close out sale before they release the new version.
As someone who uses Windows at work in a corporate environment, I can totally understand why someone would want to run both Mac & Windows on one machine. I never knew how great Microsoft Office was until I used it on Windows.
I've bought some similar bundle and discovered Parallels works a lot better than VirtualBox although both do the job in the end. But paying $49 again for the upgrade.... I need to use Windows maybe 5 times a year and just hope Parallels 8 will work sufficiently in the final version of Mavericks. Then I'll wait for some future bundle to get Parallels upgraded.
Just a marketing strategy question: wouldn't Parallels make a *lot* more money if they'd just drop the price to, let's say, $10? It would be a no-brainer then to upgrade. And their software would probably become almost a must-install on almost every Mac.
I agree, on a 2006 MacPro SSD with a 5770 and 30" monitor I get 6.4 lowest. My lowest score is processor though.