Buy one copy of Parallels Desktop, get one free

Dom,
Parallels launched Desktop 3.0 for Mac well over a year ago. All build updates for that version were free. As a result of those later build versions, Desktop 3.0 does even more than it did upon release.
Desktop 4.0 for Mac is at a discounted price for those upgrading from 3.0, plus we'll continue updating the software just like we have been. There's no need to fret over update prices.

disgruntled,
Hopefully you're still reading this thread. Could you e-mail me at Leto@Parallels.com with your information and let me know where you purchased your box copy from?

I'd advise people to avoid this "offer" like the plague - unless and until Parallels rethinks its policy of charging for updates. By Parallels now and you're likely to end up spending hundreds just to get the bug fixes.

Perhaps they should master the art of selling ONE copy first. My wife has been trying to buy the latest version for a month - first via download, then, when that didn't work, by CD, which still hasn't arrived.

The first version worked well; would love to try the latest, that we've already paid for, someday.

Would love to know the market split between parallels and fusion.

Have licenses for both; parallels 3 didn't like that i had 3 bootcamp os installs systems on my mac pro... is it any better now or am i better living with my network issues in fusion ?

Why buy Parallels,
when you can get virtualbox for free?

http://www.sun.com/software/products/virtualbox/index.jsp

Not a bad deal.

And of course for casual virtualization needs (using IE 7 for OWA, etc.) one can use the free VirtualBox software (http://virtualbox.org/); it works quite well.