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Parallels v 3.0 Released
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Go to preferences and go to the "appearance" tab and turn off the check box that says Full Screen: - Change Mac OS X resolution. Turn off the check box and you will be working fine.
OK, official word from Parallels: everyone who ordered after May 1st will be receiving an e-mail in the next few days with their FREE upgrade information.
Whew!
Why run WoW virtually when the install CDs also support OSX?
Whew!
Why run WoW virtually when the install CDs also support OSX?
Games
Now that their is directx support and such, will some one try out a first person shooter game like halflife2 or something and see how well it plays?
Now that their is directx support and such, will some one try out a first person shooter game like halflife2 or something and see how well it plays?
Now that their is directx support and such, will some one try out a first person shooter game like halflife2 or something and see how well it plays?
I've tried HL2:EP1, and GTA:SA....but neither will launch.
Now, I haven't really given either game very much time to try and launch, and I'm on my way out the door...so I'll try again later tonight...
Free upgrades
Did anyone else here buy Parallels 2 when they had the "free upgrades for a year" promotion? Over on the parallels forum, there had been some grumbling that this wouldn't cover the upgrade to 3, and the parallels folks never said otherwise. Like lots of other people, one of the main reasons I bought 2.x instead of waiting was because of this upgrade special. I'd be if they don't honor that. Just wondering if anyone has received an email about this yet?
Here's the original email, in case anyone's interested:
Did anyone else here buy Parallels 2 when they had the "free upgrades for a year" promotion? Over on the parallels forum, there had been some grumbling that this wouldn't cover the upgrade to 3, and the parallels folks never said otherwise. Like lots of other people, one of the main reasons I bought 2.x instead of waiting was because of this upgrade special. I'd be
if they don't honor that. Just wondering if anyone has received an email about this yet? Here's the original email, in case anyone's interested:
Thank you for purchasing Parallels Desktop for Mac, the industry's most powerful and user-friendly virtualization solution!
This copy includes free Upgrade Protection for one year following the date of purchase, which entitles you to receive all major upgrades released during that timeframe at no additional cost. When a new major version is released, you will receive an email to the address you used to register the product that includes instructions on how to download and install the new version, and a permanent activation key that is compatible with the new version.
This copy includes free Upgrade Protection for one year following the date of purchase, which entitles you to receive all major upgrades released during that timeframe at no additional cost. When a new major version is released, you will receive an email to the address you used to register the product that includes instructions on how to download and install the new version, and a permanent activation key that is compatible with the new version.
Did anyone else here buy Parallels 2 when they had the "free upgrades for a year" promotion? Over on the parallels forum, there had been some grumbling that this wouldn't cover the upgrade to 3, and the parallels folks never said otherwise. Like lots of other people, one of the main reasons I bought 2.x instead of waiting was because of this upgrade special. I'd be
Here's the original email, in case anyone's interested:
Thank you for purchasing Parallels Desktop for Mac, the industry's most powerful and user-friendly virtualization solution!
This copy includes free Upgrade Protection for one year following the date of purchase, which entitles you to receive all major upgrades released during that timeframe at no additional cost. When a new major version is released, you will receive an email to the address you used to register the product that includes instructions on how to download and install the new version, and a permanent activation key that is compatible with the new version.
I am waiting on more info from parallels too.
Did you go to the VM configuration settings page and go to the video settings and then enable DirectX support? This is not on by default, you have to enable it.
well since my f.e.a.r game hasn't arrived yet i thought why not try frets on fire ( freeware guitar hero like game) and guess what it doesn't launch. even set the video ram to 64 MB
the game specs are:
128 MB of RAM
A fairly fast OpenGL graphics card with decent drivers
Windows: Direct X compatible sound card
the game specs are:
128 MB of RAM
A fairly fast OpenGL graphics card with decent drivers
Windows: Direct X compatible sound card
Parallels is hardly expensive is it? full retail is well under $100 and the recent upgrade is a give-away price. I'm anticipating the VMWare solution to be a lot more expensive.
I expect you don't have much in the way of Adobe, Microsoft or (non-i) Apple software on your Mac then?
Did anyone else here buy Parallels 2 when they had the "free upgrades for a year" promotion? Over on the parallels forum, there had been some grumbling that this wouldn't cover the upgrade to 3, and the parallels folks never said otherwise. Like lots of other people, one of the main reasons I bought 2.x instead of waiting was because of this upgrade special. I'd be
Here's the original email, in case anyone's interested:
Thank you for purchasing Parallels Desktop for Mac, the industry's most powerful and user-friendly virtualization solution!
This copy includes free Upgrade Protection for one year following the date of purchase, which entitles you to receive all major upgrades released during that timeframe at no additional cost. When a new major version is released, you will receive an email to the address you used to register the product that includes instructions on how to download and install the new version, and a permanent activation key that is compatible with the new version.
Official word from their forum FAQ:
Q: I bought Parallels Desktop during the last Christmas Holidays with the Upgrade Protection. And still I'm receiving and email about pre-order. Isn't I'm supposed to get all upgrades for free?
A: We have sent pre-order announcements to all of our registered customers. If you have Upgrade Protection or Maintenance purchased you'll receive your Parallels Desktop 3.0 key for free as soon as it goes GA.
Looking good!
I've been using v3 for about an hour or two.
My 3 VMs are running fine. XP (Boot Camp partition) is as good as it was before, now with DirectX working. DXDIAG reports DirectX 9.0c and the DirectDraw and Direct3d tests run as expected. The spinning cube in the test seems nice and smooth. Tomorrow I'll grab my firewire drive containing my Boot Camp game installs and try a few. I'm certainly not expecting miracles, but it'll be interesting to see.
I've been using v3 for about an hour or two.
My 3 VMs are running fine. XP (Boot Camp partition) is as good as it was before, now with DirectX working. DXDIAG reports DirectX 9.0c and the DirectDraw and Direct3d tests run as expected. The spinning cube in the test seems nice and smooth. Tomorrow I'll grab my firewire drive containing my Boot Camp game installs and try a few. I'm certainly not expecting miracles, but it'll be interesting to see.
What's the upgrade price for those who bought earlier? I can't imagine it could be that much on $79 software.
I may be missing something here, but isnt MAY 31ST after May 1st?
Upgrades is always good, but before you know it it could be that windows and mac run seamlessly together, which i would not want. Wouldn't that basically open you up to viruses. Im happy to keep them separated. I'd best go post over on the boot camp thread...
No doubt. I bought Parallels v2 last year for only $39.99, and got the upgrade to version 3 for the same $39.99 this time around as well. It's an absolute bargain considering what you get, and I highly doubt that VMWare will come anywhere near those prices based on their history...
i havnt recieved my free serial yet (only bought and registered about a week and a half ago) should i be getting worried? :s
Can't get my original serial number accepted!
Just downloaded and installed 3.0, entered the upgrade serial number with no problem, tried to enter my original serial number and get the message "Invalid Activation Key"
So I'm stuck now with no way to get Parallels running, brilliant
Anyone got any ideas?
Just downloaded and installed 3.0, entered the upgrade serial number with no problem, tried to enter my original serial number and get the message "Invalid Activation Key"
So I'm stuck now with no way to get Parallels running, brilliant
Anyone got any ideas?
Not everybody is comfortable using beta software. Especially when it comes to running an additional operating system!
Given that Parallels' support is non-existent, I don't actually see how running a non-beta Parallels is any better than a beta VMware.
Yeah I'm a paying Parallels customer, but unless Parallels (the company) does a major turn-around between now and when VMware is released I'm jumping ship.
Good luck with that, since it'll require interaction with their (theoretical) support team...
Glad to see it
Glad to see it out. Surprised to see it out before WWDC. But even as a registered Parallels user they have lost me to VMWare. Simple reasons:
1) 64-bit support. Windows just runs much faster in 64-bit mode. This has nothing to do with 64-bitness itself, but because of the extra registers and other improvements in the x64 arch. I was hoping Parallels was going to have this in 3.0, the said it was planed for 3.0 in the past.
2) VMWare just exudes professionalism and their beta support has been phenomenal.
3) Unity looks to be a far better implementation done right the first time.
4) Parallels messes with system files for bootcamp, vmware doesn't.
5) Witt the same settings VMWare doesn't make OS X drag like Parallels does.
Glad to see it out. Surprised to see it out before WWDC. But even as a registered Parallels user they have lost me to VMWare. Simple reasons:
1) 64-bit support. Windows just runs much faster in 64-bit mode. This has nothing to do with 64-bitness itself, but because of the extra registers and other improvements in the x64 arch. I was hoping Parallels was going to have this in 3.0, the said it was planed for 3.0 in the past.
2) VMWare just exudes professionalism and their beta support has been phenomenal.
3) Unity looks to be a far better implementation done right the first time.
4) Parallels messes with system files for bootcamp, vmware doesn't.
5) Witt the same settings VMWare doesn't make OS X drag like Parallels does.
Did anyone else here buy Parallels 2 when they had the "free upgrades for a year" promotion? Over on the parallels forum, there had been some grumbling that this wouldn't cover the upgrade to 3, and the parallels folks never said otherwise. Like lots of other people, one of the main reasons I bought 2.x instead of waiting was because of this upgrade special. I'd be
Here's the original email, in case anyone's interested:
Thank you for purchasing Parallels Desktop for Mac, the industry's most powerful and user-friendly virtualization solution!
This copy includes free Upgrade Protection for one year following the date of purchase, which entitles you to receive all major upgrades released during that timeframe at no additional cost. When a new major version is released, you will receive an email to the address you used to register the product that includes instructions on how to download and install the new version, and a permanent activation key that is compatible with the new version.
Yes I'm one of them. My existing key doesn't work on version 3 and I have not received an email providing a new key. I emailed them but no reply.
Parallels has been removed from my HDD and I'll stick with Bootcamp.
I suspect they're trying to make as much cash as they can right now... just in case Apple announces that a 'secret feature' of Leopard is built-in Parallels-like integration with Windows.
So I just registered the previous version, which I got from Amazon on sale. Will I get a free upgrade key? Am I screwed? as I said over on TUAW, the support system on the website is really lame, through some 3rd party, so I don't want to have to start emailing through them unless/until I have to.