Parallels Desktop official release, discount pricing ends July 15th
After months of betas and release candidates, Parallels has brought their fantastic Desktop OS virtualization software to an official release. As you might remember from their last release candidate, they have also listened to user feedback and bundled their Compressor Server tool for optimizing virtual disks and streamlining the amount of disk space they take up, which also brought the final price up to $79.99. However, until July 15th, Parallels is still offering a discount price of $49.99, so get those credit cards out if Boot Camp doesn't quite cut it.[thanks for the tip, Mark!]
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The only bug in BootCamp is Windows.
June 16 2006 at 3:25 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyAlso, people who say Boot Camp is "buggy" fundamentally misunderstand what it is. It is not some sort of software sitting in the background while Windows runs; it's a firmware implementation of Intel's EFI Compatibility Support Module that emulates BIOS. The actual Bootcamp software that installs on your Mac does little more than:
- allow you to repartition the disk
- initiates the Windows XP SP2 installer
- helps you burn a driver CD for Windows
- allows you to see Windows as a boot drive in the startup disk preference pane.
But it's not sitting there in the background magically translating Windows or anything like that. A Mac is now, after all, just a PC with nice casing. Sure, its EFI BIOS is different to other PCs, but all Apple has done is add in the compatibility layer Intel created that Apple intentionally omitted originally.
Sorry, I don't buy the line that there was big customer demand for the "server compressor". That sounds like an invented reason to bump up the price beyond the (relatively affordable) $49 to the much more flabby $79.
June 16 2006 at 9:06 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyOh man... I feel HORRIBLE!
Well, not really, but thanks for the love anyways.
I know what it's like getting ready for a wedding (I got married last year) but certainly there's more than 1 or 2 people behind the scenes here that can monitor tips and proofread posts, right?
There is no graphics card emulation, when that happens this product will be great.
Neal Saferstein
I´ll wait for OS X Leopard unless vista becomes as stable on paralleles as it is on Boot Camp
June 15 2006 at 10:18 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyBrett... care to elaborate on what is so buggy about BootCamp? I've yet to experience a single issue, nor have I read about one.
June 15 2006 at 9:35 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyRelax guys- this is a fan blog. It's not like he's paid to do this- any money he gets goes to server fees.
June 15 2006 at 7:39 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyOooooo. Doesn't Mark feel guilty now? ;)
June 15 2006 at 6:47 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplySorry about the edits guys. I've been running around all day looking for a new house and preparing for a wedding in two weeks. I don't know if I'd go so far as to say we have 'tons of errors,' but until you guys want computers doing the blogging themselves, we'll keep trying to make sure our posts are squeaky clean.
Also, we sincerely do appreciate the tips guys, honestly. In this particular case, I personally found out about this at midnight last night, as I was passed a tip from another party, and I received my own email from Parallels about the release. We're not out to ignore y'all or scam you out of credit, promise. Just to make good though, I'll toss Mark some credit just to show y'all some good faith. Cool?
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