That was 3 weeks ago and never got a reply. I switched from Parallels years ago due to poor support and customer service. Based on this experience that has not changed! If I am not going to get decent support from either company, why should I pay for their software when open source is available? Derekcurrie Oct 26 Aw21 Oct 10 With the I had to revert to Parallels Agf- Oct 10 That costs little, happy stars ;-. Richard-Hallas Oct 10 An absolutely superb product on every level, with years of polish behind it.
Best in class, and significantly better than its competitors in my experience. Parallels does no longer support Apple Bootcamp since Parallels 13 sorry without that function this Software is nearly worthless to me!!!! CruzinCooler Sep 14 Not a hugh fan. Very slow on a 32 gb ram i7 iMac. Was expecting better performance. Parallels Desktop 13 Greedy Edition out! Go get your uss rammed! Sylanel Aug 24 I have purchased Parallels Desktop I contacted Parallels Customer support yesterday after having received an email announcing the availability of version Since I had just purchased, I thought they would help me out to get version 13 with paying the full price again.
They said that only people who've purchased on August 1st and later will get upgraded free of charge. The rest of their customers must pay again no matter what. Word of advice, buy VMware. They have been there forever. Parallels are just a greedy bunch who don't care about loyal customers even if you've been purchasing their software since their early years. Once again, stay far from Parallels! Derekcurrie Aug 22 Parallels 13 was released today. Parallels V13 should be out any day soon GorgeousGeorge May 16 Love Parallels a must for any Mac power user or professional who uses different apps in their day some of which are only available for Windows.
Let's face it there are some apps on Windows with no Mac equivalent. Parallels let's me run those special Windows apps I need without having to go to another computer or reboot my Mac into Windows. It's so convenient and powerful and saves me a ton of time and allows me to use all the tools I need. Derekcurrie May 9 FYI for version 11 users. Parallels just updated to v It is a compatibility fix for running the latest Windows 10 update on macOS Breaks my heart, but Having said that, I've had to completely uninstall and reinstall Parallels after the Alvin-H Mar 10 Or can try free one virtualbox or Veertu desktop free too but no Mac OS guest yet.
Aw21 Jan 29 When trying to launch the VMs some of them start with "Preparing Automatic Repair" and other just present a black screen. Trying to repair the disks was not successful. I had to restore the VMs from backups. This looks like a fatal bug to me as it results in data loss. I've posted this on the Parallels forum but got not response.
Any reason we're not seeing current updates here anymore? Macpenguin Nov 24 This is simply the most outrageous update EVER! They already showed their greed when MacOsX But this is simply going much to far I will NOT do that I would urge people to try the competitors One is even FREE!
Macbookpro Nov 13 Ervins Strauhmanis Sep 15 I have Parallels Desktop Pro 12, which was won in a prize draw. I thought that I'd be getting a standard non-Pro version, and I was disappointed that I got a professional version instead. Why would I be frustrated in getting a more advanced edition, you might ask, it is because the app will stop to function within a year, as I discovered when I registered serial number on Parallels website.
I want to upgrade apps at a pace of my own choosing and as such, I will not even install the app, as to not to get locked out when the time is up. Technically it is a great peace of software, it's a pity that stance on customers blows it all away, for me at least. I now wait until it is bundled with a few other apps or offered as a special on MU before buying it.
Not sure if I'll be upgrading to v12, however, as v11 in conjunction with Windows 10 is working well on my mid iMac OhEssex Aug 26 When I see Parallels appear in the daily MacUpdate listings it shows as 3. When I click on it in the listings I go to the Parallels page, where it shows at the top as half a star. Can we have a little more consistency here. What do the 3 different star ratings mean? I know that for many years now Parallels have been hosing their customers and I think the reviews that imply a rating over lifetime need to culled down to something like maybe 3 years.
Just because every man and his dog thought Parallels was awesome back when it first came out and there wasn't really anything like it at the time bears no reflection at all on what seasoned users think of it today after how they've been treated by Parallels. Derekcurrie Aug 26 No DirectX 10 support in sight. Same old 'wait and see' response from Parallels when asked about this now ancient holdup. Can't play modern 3D games.
MacSpanner Aug 26 I'm a long time user and tried going to 12 but had to quickly revert to I'm sure it will get resolved in a while but at the moment v12 is unusably buggy in many ways.
Go read the Parallels forums and you'll get an idea. Fiver starts when it's good but right now If you're running Win 8. I've been told by Parallels support today that they're working on a workaround, but be sure they've fixed it before you kill your Win 10 license. They said "We apologize for the inconvenience, but this issue is caused by Windows 10 activation policies: the activation key is bounded to the hardware and as the virtual machine emulates hardware it differs from the real one reasonably enough.
You're not the only one facing this issue and our Development team already works upon a workaround for this issue, but you should understand that it is a Windows licensing issue, not the Parallels one. It's a Parallels issue because they claim you can run Windows in their Virtual Machine, and now you can't! Personally, I'm leaving them completely after it took me 48 hours of support calls before they 'fessed up that that they knew they had a problem.
I'll try something else. Rikyman Jul 12 I was a parallels suporter, but the new licencing is no go, it's not an upgrade but a big downgrade, there are better less ripping user software, I have moved do VMWare, after this.
By the price of this software you can buy an infocus kangaroo and have a Windows machine allways with you. Toosit Jul 5 Version 11 is a rip off because it's basically version 10 minus version 11's pro features. Why on earth would I buy a downgraded version or pay an annual subscription to get same old features!? I will be using my old version 10 which is great! I am still using v8 with OSX As long it does, I will not update for sure.
The license scheme is just plain -How to ripping off people every year-. Akwarner May 10 Sperling Mar 31 It's expensive crap. I've nothing to apologize for. Parallels is expensive crap.
No way Parallels there is replacement and I am happily using it! If you'd provide your piece of SW for reasonable price - I'd maybe consider. That half star as rating is more than generous. And yes, you're too greedy. So when I criticized MacUpdate for this update to Parallels being f ive weeks late in being posted here they deleted my post within a coupe of hours.
Says a lot about them Wonder how soon this will be removed Mastcell Mar 31 I got an email from MacUpdate that goes like this What is the meaning of the word 'Perpetual'. Does this means there is no need to fork out for future upgrades ever? Or is this a misprint? Donmontalvo Mar 24 Derekcurrie Jan 20 I've had minimal problems with Parallels 11 for my purposes. It is an improvement over v10 IMHO. Note that WINE is no better. That knocks them all out as able to play the most recent 3D games.
The problem is bothering to code the translators to allow use of the GPU hardware on the Mac. I consider this a dead end issue. Pablo2k Dec 5 I finally had enough with Parallels version I thought Great, I can activate and deactivate some Parallels with my Parallels account As Microsoft beautifully do it with Office If something fails you have to call them to reset you install counter one ONE!!
In addition Parallels 11 fails to update Windows 10 when there is a new release. Then it rolls back the failed Win 10 installation. So today I used the cross grade offer from a competitor, even if it has slightly lower 3D performance it is allowed to have it installed on my iMac, Mac Pro and Mac Book in addition to it being more stable.
But I cannot support these practices. So goodbye Parallels, hope to see you again when you clean up your business practices and fix your instability. Mikael-B Dec 1 I decided to abandon Parallels now after being told I should be able use the PD11 trial side by side with my older PD8 installation.
At no point during installation am I Informed that the PD11 Trial will delete my older installation, but that is of course the end result. The sales support were nice and helpful, but I got enough of such schemes. I don't fully understand the crticism of the yearly fees as that is optional. Cross-grading to Fusion is my next step. Mcr Nov 12 Fusion v 7 closed the speed gap, and now Fusion 8 and PD 11 are for the most part neck and neck.
With the new licensing policy of PD, it just makes it easier to switch to Fusion knowing that you are also no longer sacrificing functionality or performance in doing so. I used PD and Fusion both from their inception. This app has been updated.
OhEssex Oct 12 So, in addition to my work laptop, I go to install Parallels on my home machine something previously allowable given that nobody has figured out how to be in two places at the same time yet. I was in a hurry preparing for something and I just had to bite the bullet and buy another my very last copy. I despise this company.
The software they have may be good, but I'm certain their CEO is both an analyst and a therapist! Borisd Oct 6 I can't afford it. So I am forced to look for a better option. Not wise, Parallells. Good bye! Sir Sep 30 Parallels has forced a change in licensing, our University can not buy a perpetual licence, we must now pay a 12 month "rent" for it. Its incredibly easy to loose a customer, and once they have shifted, its incredibly difficult to ever get them back.
Mcr Sep 28 So I've been playing with PD 11 and Fusion 8 for the last month now i've been a long time user of both products for many years, and use both professionally and personally. My observations your mileage may vary, this is just me is that on older hardware, PD 11 is slower than PD 10 on the same setup, where as Fusion 8 is faster than Fusion 7 on the same older hardware old in this case is Core2 Duo macs, not Macs with i series CPUs. On newer hardware i5's and i7's , I don't notice a difference between Fusion 8 and PD 11 I don't use for gaming, so not commenting on graphics, just business apps performance.
Note this is coming from someone who has used PD primarily for his personally work the last several years, mainly just out of laziness and not wanting to spend time migrating all my VMs fusion.
But now I'm switching over for personal stuff, professionally, still using both, as clients and co-workers have a vested interest in sticking with what they have. Derekcurrie Sep 4 They suggest signing up and watching their email list for notification of when they finally catch up. I'm waiting on updating to version 11 until they, at last, get this together.
There is no sign of VMware supporting DirectX Mcr Aug 24 Windows 8 and higher, no issues. There was no built in USB 3 drivers in Windows 7. Parallels found a way around that; and wrote virtualized drivers. Bottom line, do your research. Grass is not necessarily greener on the other side.
From a licensing perspective, i had no issues with PD through version 10, but the new PD 11 user license does have me thinking if the slightly faster speed of running Windows over Fusion is worth all the new limitations in the PD 11 user license. ChristianPrudHomme Aug 24 Bad faith: Moving Basic features to the Pro edition because "Parallel found out that basic features were well enough for users".
Virtualization for Linux guests, both available in the basic Parallels last year, are now restricted to Pro version only. Tired of being milked away Masterminter Aug 23 Awful license scheme is holding me back buying. Although I've been a loyal Parallels customer since version 5 and find the software actually quite good, I can no longer recommend it.
There is no option for reduced-price extra seats for the Pro version. These abhorrent and customer-hostile license terms are so restrictive, and the lack of any understanding or flexibility on the part of their support team, mean that I have begun the process of moving everything over to VMWare, with excellent performance, unlimited multi-seat licenses for individuals and a crossgrade offer for Parallels customers. I'll vote with my wallet, and with this well-deserve half-star for a product-destroying licensing policy.
Goodbye Parallels. Not at all impressed. A while ago, VMware offered a sidegrade for users of Parallels Desktop to get the latest version of Fusion for about ten bucks; hopefully they'll offer something similar in the future. After having versions 4, 6, and 7 and having them all stop working on me after a few OS X updates , I'm done with Parallels.
SegN3rd Aug 21 Besides my feelings about Parallels' business practices, the fact is that the cost of Parallels plus a license of Windows 10 now costs as much as just buying an HP Stream or a similar competing product.
I know these low-end netbooks aren't as powerful as your Mac, but they also allow you to run Windows without affecting your Mac in any way or using any of its resources, plus they are quite portable. If you find a good enough sale, you can buy Windows-running hardware for less than the cost of Windows-running software.
OhEssex Aug 19 This reminds me of the origin of the expression "daylight robbery" where property taxes were assessed by the number of windows a house had.
Mcr Aug 8 There are many posts on the Net about how to install El Capitan beta into Parallels v And bear in mind the following, you've been told: 1 the method only works with the Developer Preview of You can leave it off or turn it back after PT is installed, but it must be off to install PT. It is very clear after all my experimenting with the various methods to install Heck , even between the Developer Preview and Public Beta of Parallels is going to need to make some major adjustments to support painless install of In anticipation of all the bemoaning about another Parallels 'forced' upgrade to support El Capitan, just keep that in mind that the devs are simply having to keep up with Apple, which continues its history of making MAJOR system level and core changes in OS X with every release since Lion, Not just the boot and installing functions, but the graphics engines, audio, video, hardware abstraction and so on.
Parallels is not TextEdit, it's very sophisticated software engineering, that takes development resources to maintain and test, every time Apple makes sweeping changes across the board, all of which comes with a cost. It is not as simple as just changing the 'supported version of OS X' from Even the video subsystem in El Cap seems to have been reworked again by Apple.
Screen drawing with Yosemite virtual machine in PD, is slower than in Mavericks, but had improved in the latest PD With El Cap, using the same video driver in Parallels Tools for Yosemite, the screen drawing is very glitchy, and slow, like it was with early Yosemite betas. Regardless, testing El Cap in a VM is nice. I have El Cap installed natively as well on a partition, but this saves from rebooting between El Cap and my every day configuration.
Bobebop Aug 1 Serial key does not work, webhelp is "down". I am so tired of this. Noraa Jul 29 Parallels drives me crazy. On the one hand, it is stable, feature rich, and fast.
On the other hand, its licensing as absolutely abhorrent. While previous versions do tend to continue to work on newer OS v. Add to the fact that it's nearly impossible to deactivate a computer once activate installed Parallels on a MacBook Air, activated, a few months later sold the Air and bought a Pro, couldn't get Parallels to activate since it claimed the code was already in use - took days with Parallels support to get the issue resolved , the licensing system is just terrible.
Now that Windows 10 is out, and it seems to not completely suck, I am hopeful that I can now ditch Parallels and it's absurd licensing practices for a more sane company in VMWare well, licensing sane, lack of USB 3 support is pretty insane Fvdg Jul 29 Will NOT allow the update to Windows 10! Derekcurrie Jul 26 Again, it's a messy update.
This is not good. Icons on your desktop will be a mess. You may get a screwy screen resolution, although mine reset itself back to normal. IOW: Updates like this are geek worthy. We're used to stuff going wrong all the time.
But granny will have a FIT. They have to do better. Reelstuff Jul 25 I have been a paid user since version 3 through version 6, Now I can't even use the software, MAC isolated the software as a "Problem Child" now I just have to wonder, what value is this product when every time you turn around you have to pay an "upgrade" fee?
I see this as a seriously flawed and destructive business model that will certainly come back around, Karma is a female dog I am sick and tired of the nickel and dime failed business model I am moving to another platform that performs better and actually works when my operating system updates. Were mainly talking about 32 bit versus 64 bit here, so really this is a failure on the part of this product and while you may have my money you will never have me as a customer again.
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Email me when someone replies to this comment Post comment. Most annoying the recommended last option: upgrade to Catalina They should honestly admit that v 16 does not work with Mojave! Overall comment : expensive and poor!
I will cancel the order. Derekcurrie Feb 3 Mcr Jan 5 I've tried it, it works, for the most part, still a lot of work to do, but interesting. Lingering application issues, emulation of Intel, problems running older bit Intel apps under emulation.
What is not the case with Windows Not a bad package but vmware is faster. Solo68 Dec 2 Ignore negative reviews about Parallels Desktop. I use Parallels Desktop Pro for Mac, and after the recent Now, it takes much longer for the VM to start and restart, much like a normal hard disk.
Nonetheless, stability matters more to me. Furthermore, this latest update improved on the handling of memory. In earlier releases of versions 15 and 16 I noticed heavy memory usage, but that is becoming less of an issue. I do wish Parallels didn't use memory unless it actually needed to use it, then allow macOS to reclaim it, just the way macOS does.
I think this could use improvement. Yet, even with this issue, Parallels Desktop Pro is extremely stable. For those of us holding on to our older Macs we are grateful to have it. Thanks guys! Wishing you good health and greater success in the future! To be honest it worked for awhile but the Mac mouse and keyboard drivers became corrupted and I could never download again. I found I could get away without a Windows machine and never followed up. It was a great idea but became superfulous.
Mcr Oct 2 Let's compare. F12 standard now called Player version cost; now free for personal use. In other words, P16 has not changed its pricing structure with the new release. VmWare has significantly lowered TCO with latest release. Apple Silicon AS is coming; the expert consensus is that virtualizing not to be confused with emulating Windows, which is Intel based, will be basically impossible on AS based Macs.
Emulation MAY be possible, but we don't know enough yet about performance, etc, to understand how it would work and how WELL, and if any 3rd party vendor care enough to put in the resources to even overcome the technical hurdles to build an Intel emulation product over AS.
Is the market demand enough to warrant it? So, in other words, Vmware recognizes the run for Desktop virtualization is over in the next year or so, and is rewarding its user base by lowering cost to help ease them through a transition, at the same time keeping them up to date and running on the current Intel based Macs for as long as users want or keep their Intel Macs. Parallels has opted to continue to charge milk its users by NOT reducing cost of ownership, even knowing that this is an End of Life product scenario for Parallels Desktop as we know it.
Understandable, because unlike Vmware, outside of Parallels Desktop Mac, they don't have other products or solutions advanced or established enough to offset the lost of revenue as need for P Desktop declines in the next few years. They have to milk the cow when it is the only cow you have, while they can. VMware has firmly established alternative technologies once Fusion for Desktop is gone cloud based and application virtualization , they have a firmly established product line s and business in Enterprise.
They can and will continue to support Workstation for Windows and Linux. Parallels has a steep hill to climb if tries to compete with VMware in the cloud and server based solutions for Enterprise, because it has to first establish a consistent MATURE technology solution on Intel hardware geared towards Enterprise and cloud and server based solutions.
If you are personal, home user, F12 makes more sense right now than buying or upgrading to P16, considering that virtualizing Windows on Intel Macs will decline as Intel Macs grow old and are eventually replaced by AS based Macs; in fact if you are already using Fusion 11 and don't mind sticking with Mojave on your Intel Mac for another year or two, there's no reason to upgrade to F12 unless you need one of the new features Direct X 11?
It is ridiculously easy and affordable to buy quality refurb Windows boxes; I don't mean low end either, i7 cpus only 2 or 3 generations back. For most SMBs that are Mac shops but still need Windows application access, that is probably the solution for the future, get an inexpensive used Windows box, stick it in the corner and access on a network with Remote Desktop, Citrix or any of a dozen remote methods.
That's my two cents, and I'm not a Parallels hater or Vmware shill; in the last 20 years I've used and recommended both; personally, to co-workers and to clients, to the tune of thousands of dollars in licenses. Parallels has opted to continue to charge milk its users by reducing cost of ownership, even knowing that this is an End of Life product scenario for Parallels Desktop as we know it.
Understandable, because unlike Vmware, outside of Parallels Desktop Mac, they don't have other products or solutions advanced or established enough to offset the lost of revenue as need for P Desktop declines in the next the next few years. That's my two cents, and I'm not a Parallels hater or Vmware shill; in the last 20 years I've used and recommended both, personal and to clients, to the tune of thousands of dollars in licenses.
Dualist May 29 I deleted my previous review because I found a work-around to the vexing only-one-resolution-in-Catalina problem in Parallels You might not be able to see ANY shared folders or be able to drag and drop because there are no tools installed, duh.
I logged on to my host via the network and copied the ISO to the root of the hard drive in my host, then I could see it inside the Catalina VM. Open the ISO, install Parallels Tools, reboot, and you should now have multiple resolutions available in addition to all the other functionality that Tools provides.
For this glaring oversight on behalf of Parallels, I rate this version low. Good when you need to run Win only apps. It gets extremely slow by the time. On every new release, my version v11 got slower and slower.
Almost not usable anymore. I felt I've been forced to upgrade. I am not sure if they do it on purpose tho. This is decent. A huge improvement over earlier versions.
It's not an app I use a lot - I install other Mac OS's rather than any ghastly Windows nonsense, which I did in the past - but Parallels is much improved and Parallels Toolbox offers genuinely useful tools. Derekcurrie Feb 21 Parallels Desktop I'm not affiliated with any of these companies, BTW.
I just like this bundle and own it. That means it supports nearly all 3D games and more on Windows. A: NO! But seeing as Parallels has figured it out, I suspect they'll catch up soon.
We've been waiting for this for many, many years. Really useful and powerful app. I just bought the upgrade license with the blackfriday discount. I tested once again VMware Fusion and parallels: For me, parallels is really better.
More customization options of sharing between OS'es, and it performs better. Although, it's quite expensive for a home usage. I try to upgrade only every y when it's possible. An indispensible app to everyone who needs to run several operating system! MarcoCarugati Jul 17 Naoh Mar 21 Parallels Derekcurrie Feb 7 Initial support for Direct3D 12 is implemented. Direct3D 12 support requires the vkd3d library, and a Vulkan-capable graphics card.
And yet, the WINE project figured out how to do it. Explain that to me. Strange to list Mcr Dec 20 Guys, The following article sheds light on why Virtualization systems have not been able to solve the Direct X 11 and higher problem. So, it would seem Metal 2. I'm not a graphics expert, but my understanding is that Vulkan is possibly the answer to a lot of these cross platform graphics support issues.
Metal and DX sitting on top of Vulkan would provide a bridge, across multiple OS platforms; the graphics version of the 'write once, run anywhere' idea. B-Jefferson-Le-Blanc Oct 15 If you're wondering, Parallels Desktop You don't need to pay for an upgrade at this time if you don't want to. Derekcurrie Oct 15 Parallels Desktop v It is compatible with macOS This version is a big winner vs. Fusion, including the current Tech preview.
Coherence integration is so much superior to the shaky Fusion Unity view, it's not even funny. Massive thumbs up for Parallels. Only downside: More expensive for the Pro version on the annual subscription, and doesn't cover two machines like Fusion but worth it.
Radus Jun 25 It implements 64bit parallels tools for OSX guest, improving the performance of osx guests. Nice upgrade. When I bought my iMac back at the end of , I bought the Parallels version of it.
It slowed down my computer to the degree that everything crashed despite adjusting settings to make it fast. I quit using Parallels and decided to use my mac functionality of Bootcamp.
I wish also that I could get a refund for my money. I'm tired of believing companies that software sometimes it works and sometimes it does not. This is probably one of the easiest VM applications to use. Sadly, their pricing is absolutely terrible and greedy. If they don't take care of their pricing, they will probably lose in the long run.
For now, I paid for this. James Oct 26 After a frustrating experience with VMWare after paying for and spending the best part of a weekend trying to get their their latest version upgrade installed on my MacPro Desktop, only to find out after installation it is incompatible with my processor, I emailed Parallels presages questions. That was 3 weeks ago and never got a reply.
I switched from Parallels years ago due to poor support and customer service. Based on this experience that has not changed! If I am not going to get decent support from either company, why should I pay for their software when open source is available? Derekcurrie Oct 26 Aw21 Oct 10 With the I had to revert to Parallels Agf- Oct 10 That costs little, happy stars ;-. Richard-Hallas Oct 10 An absolutely superb product on every level, with years of polish behind it. Best in class, and significantly better than its competitors in my experience.
Parallels does no longer support Apple Bootcamp since Parallels 13 sorry without that function this Software is nearly worthless to me!!!! CruzinCooler Sep 14 Not a hugh fan. Very slow on a 32 gb ram i7 iMac. Was expecting better performance. Parallels Desktop 13 Greedy Edition out!
Go get your uss rammed! Sylanel Aug 24 I have purchased Parallels Desktop I contacted Parallels Customer support yesterday after having received an email announcing the availability of version Since I had just purchased, I thought they would help me out to get version 13 with paying the full price again.
They said that only people who've purchased on August 1st and later will get upgraded free of charge. The rest of their customers must pay again no matter what. Word of advice, buy VMware. They have been there forever. Parallels are just a greedy bunch who don't care about loyal customers even if you've been purchasing their software since their early years. Once again, stay far from Parallels! Derekcurrie Aug 22 Parallels 13 was released today. Parallels V13 should be out any day soon GorgeousGeorge May 16 Love Parallels a must for any Mac power user or professional who uses different apps in their day some of which are only available for Windows.
Let's face it there are some apps on Windows with no Mac equivalent. Parallels let's me run those special Windows apps I need without having to go to another computer or reboot my Mac into Windows. It's so convenient and powerful and saves me a ton of time and allows me to use all the tools I need. Derekcurrie May 9 FYI for version 11 users. Parallels just updated to v It is a compatibility fix for running the latest Windows 10 update on macOS Breaks my heart, but Having said that, I've had to completely uninstall and reinstall Parallels after the Alvin-H Mar 10 Or can try free one virtualbox or Veertu desktop free too but no Mac OS guest yet.
Aw21 Jan 29 When trying to launch the VMs some of them start with "Preparing Automatic Repair" and other just present a black screen. Trying to repair the disks was not successful. I had to restore the VMs from backups. This looks like a fatal bug to me as it results in data loss. I've posted this on the Parallels forum but got not response. Any reason we're not seeing current updates here anymore?
Macpenguin Nov 24 This is simply the most outrageous update EVER! They already showed their greed when MacOsX But this is simply going much to far I will NOT do that I would urge people to try the competitors One is even FREE! Macbookpro Nov 13 Ervins Strauhmanis Sep 15 I have Parallels Desktop Pro 12, which was won in a prize draw. I thought that I'd be getting a standard non-Pro version, and I was disappointed that I got a professional version instead. Why would I be frustrated in getting a more advanced edition, you might ask, it is because the app will stop to function within a year, as I discovered when I registered serial number on Parallels website.
I want to upgrade apps at a pace of my own choosing and as such, I will not even install the app, as to not to get locked out when the time is up. Technically it is a great peace of software, it's a pity that stance on customers blows it all away, for me at least.
I now wait until it is bundled with a few other apps or offered as a special on MU before buying it. Not sure if I'll be upgrading to v12, however, as v11 in conjunction with Windows 10 is working well on my mid iMac OhEssex Aug 26 When I see Parallels appear in the daily MacUpdate listings it shows as 3.
When I click on it in the listings I go to the Parallels page, where it shows at the top as half a star. Can we have a little more consistency here. What do the 3 different star ratings mean? I know that for many years now Parallels have been hosing their customers and I think the reviews that imply a rating over lifetime need to culled down to something like maybe 3 years. Just because every man and his dog thought Parallels was awesome back when it first came out and there wasn't really anything like it at the time bears no reflection at all on what seasoned users think of it today after how they've been treated by Parallels.
Derekcurrie Aug 26 No DirectX 10 support in sight. Same old 'wait and see' response from Parallels when asked about this now ancient holdup. Can't play modern 3D games. MacSpanner Aug 26 I'm a long time user and tried going to 12 but had to quickly revert to I'm sure it will get resolved in a while but at the moment v12 is unusably buggy in many ways. Go read the Parallels forums and you'll get an idea. Fiver starts when it's good but right now If you're running Win 8.
I've been told by Parallels support today that they're working on a workaround, but be sure they've fixed it before you kill your Win 10 license. They said "We apologize for the inconvenience, but this issue is caused by Windows 10 activation policies: the activation key is bounded to the hardware and as the virtual machine emulates hardware it differs from the real one reasonably enough. You're not the only one facing this issue and our Development team already works upon a workaround for this issue, but you should understand that it is a Windows licensing issue, not the Parallels one.
It's a Parallels issue because they claim you can run Windows in their Virtual Machine, and now you can't! Personally, I'm leaving them completely after it took me 48 hours of support calls before they 'fessed up that that they knew they had a problem. I'll try something else. Rikyman Jul 12 I was a parallels suporter, but the new licencing is no go, it's not an upgrade but a big downgrade, there are better less ripping user software, I have moved do VMWare, after this.
By the price of this software you can buy an infocus kangaroo and have a Windows machine allways with you. Toosit Jul 5 Version 11 is a rip off because it's basically version 10 minus version 11's pro features. Why on earth would I buy a downgraded version or pay an annual subscription to get same old features!?
I will be using my old version 10 which is great! I am still using v8 with OSX As long it does, I will not update for sure. The license scheme is just plain -How to ripping off people every year-.
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