"Parallels today announced that its Desktop for Mac virtualization software is available for purchase for $79.99, following the conclusion of a Beta program that generated more than 100000 testers from 71 countries and has resulted in the current stable, high-performance version. As a special incentive to new customers, the company will make the product available for $49.99 for 30 days following today's announcement."
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Member since:2005-07-12
excellent use case, but do you honestly think that bloke is selling for any software company? lmfao i suspect he's a home user that just can't get enough of microsoft outlook.
my guess on parallels is that they won't go far. they can't survive on this business model (consumer market). vmware does well because it's built for the enterprise, and watch them come into the picture since mac os x is running on x86 now. but as more and more of the microsoft stuff becomes compatible on mac, there will be less need for windows os. gamers wouldn't touch parallels or emulation. windows developers probably would want native speeds. so who's the target user base for parallels? web page designers and people migrating off windows, mice nuts and a declining user base.
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2005-12-02
"why on earth would you need several environments (ubuntu, bsd, windows, mac os x) at a client site? and give me an honest answer."
A good example is the company I work for develops simulations software. The software is cross platform, and the sales guys need to demonstrate that at a client site in order to get a sale. Huge benefit to be able to run multiple VM's, so the sales team only has to carry 1 laptop as they trudge through the airports, instead of spending money to ship several computers to a client site.