Comments on: Parallels 4.0 Upgrade Or Nightmare?

By: Glenn

Glenn — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:38:01 +0000

Hi Gary,

Sorry to hear you’re having so much trouble. Since it appeared to me that Version 5 was mainly so you could run Windows 7 I did not upgrade. Version 4 works just fine for me with XP.

I would copy and paste everything you wrote into their forum, I’m sure that they would then get into contact with you.

By: Glenn

Glenn — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 03:27:00 +0000

Hello Leto,

Thanks for stopping by and commenting on this. I should say when I first saw Parallels it was the key factor in my decision to move to the Mac.

After just a few months, I replaced every computer I owned with a mac of one variety or another, nothing against Windows or the pc world. One of the best benefits that did not show up until I began to track it was my utility bill decreased by approx $50 a month switching to Mac’s your mileage may vary.

By: Leto_Parallels

Leto_Parallels — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Hi Glenn, I’m sorry that you (and some others) had problems with the upgrade path from version 3 to version 4. Thanks for sticking with us. I just wanted to let you know that we take all the feedback about Parallels Desktop 4.0 for Mac to heart and will continue our update support (latest release 3810 was in January) with it in mind.

With the updates since launch, we believe the majority of issues with upgrading from version 3.0 to 4.0 have been totally solved. They’ve introduced some cool new features as well, like the ability to drag Windows icons to the Mac dock, and experimental Snow Leopard and Windows 7 support. The updates have also provided additional DirectX shader support, so hopefully users have noticed visual improvements when running 3D applications.

For more information, or to download the latest build, go to http://www.Parallels.com or contact me directly at Leto@Parallels.com.

Thank you,
Leto – Parallels blogger

By: GARY

GARY — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I dont care what they say . All these big companies get to big and con the last penny out of us to pay for there un refined ego . Just make life simple . get it right . And make help easy for us too. Parallels was good when it first came out the web site was easy to use but now they have become to big to fast. My God its cost me £150 or more going from 3,4 now 5 I cant get the help I need on my mac book pro . they are as bad as Microsoft as they have changed their reg number so I cant phone them on Skyp or mobile from here in Borneo.
As for getting this bloody CODE THING well I am trying to stick with you . but now thinking just to get a small laptop with windows. Parallels is to coplicated and you get sent in circles . Yes I landed up in the Doctors with stress. May be I can sew like you Americans like to do This is all I ask?
This is crazy
I cannot find any way to get a code… I have downloaded the 5 trial . but have trouble No Help The VM is OK but none of my programs are there from the main boot camp partition.

The Bootcamp Partition opens but windows now requires activation I cannot as i cannot get it to link on line.

So I now have no way to use the program.