Parallels Desktop for Mac (Academic Version) + Free Upgrade to Parallels 8 $20 + Free Shipping
 

Parallels Desktop for Mac (Academic Version) + Free Upgrade to Parallels 8

$19.99 after $20 promo code PACEN20

This time there is no mail-in rebate

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Pro...6832714029

The review gives you the instruction on how to do it.

Pros: The Flash drive is packaged with a piece of paper with a printed registration key. I had already installed a trial copy of Parallels 8 and the registration key activated it with no problem. Nice that I got the 4 GB usb drive.

Parallels Desktop for Mac (Academic Version) + Free Upgrade to Parallels 8 $20 + Free Shipping
 

Newegg has Parallels Desktop for Mac (Academic Version) + Free Upgrade to Parallels 8 on sale for $39.99 - $20 promo code PACEN20 = $19.99. Shipping is free. Please refer to the forum thread for additional details. Thanks Happi

Note, valid .edu email address necessary for eligibility.

Includes

• 4GB Kingston DataTraveler USB 2.0 /w Parallels Desktop for Mac
• 1 Student License
• Free Registration to Parallels 8 (Upgrade)

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Thanks!

Thanks heaps! :)

awesome!

Awesome, thanks! FYI for bulk buyers--it looks like the coupon code can apply to multiple copies in your cart. I experimented with putting two copies in my cart, and the discount doubled to $40. I went back to 1 copy before I checked out.

In for one. Thanks a bunch!

So I have known about Parallels Desktop for years now, and I know it's pretty good. But does anybody have any experience between using parallel desktop and Virtual Box (by Oracle, which is free)?

Parallels is a nasty company.

Once you install it on your computer, they will periodically push advertisements onto your desktop, effectively turning your Mac into their marketing channel. They provide no way to turn this off, short of calling support and raising a sufficient stink--they will then email you a patch file you can run.

Other than this, Parallels is not a bad product. But VMware is just about as good. Why reward psychopathic corporate behavior?

Repped.

Will it ever be cheaper?

Very nice! This will fit nicely with my new MacBook...

so If I have a desktop already running windows 7 how do I get it on my macbook? do I Need to buy a windows 7 64bit software as well?

In 4 1 thanks!

I used Vbox for two years with win 7, and it works pretty well. But I just moved to Parallels 7 in their last newegg rebate promo, and it is significantly faster. You can find reviews that quantify this; that's what convinced me that it was worth $10 or whatever AR.

I use Parallels very regularly and don't know what you're talking about. I very rarely get any spam either in the mail or any pop-ups from the desktop.

It does happen; I get the occasional pop-up upon launching Parallels 7 to promote the new version 8.

Is there a compelling reason to upgrade from version 7 to version 8?

I do see the occassional pop up for promoting version 8. There is nothing wrong w/ that. Overall, I am very satisified w/ parallel 7 and really thinking about going to 8 w/ this deal.

max u can order is 5 with discount, Coming to about 99 bucks

Based on limited testing I see from 3rd party websites, they are suppose to be faster all around.
Perhaps should download parallel 8 and test on my macbook

Delete please

There is a dual monitor bug in 7 that they will not fix for that version. Other than that, 7 is fine and I been using that for 2011 iMac.

I wont upgrade now because of how they handle that dual monitor bug, it irked me that they wont fix that bug for a version of their software that at the time was less than a year old.



For those asking about Virtual Box vs Parallels, their are two reasons to use Parallels over Vbox.

First dual monitor support. In Parallels it will work with both Monitors seamlessly.

Second, the ability to use Windows Applications as though they were part of the Mac OSX system. That way I am not switching between two Windows to use my Windows only programs while using OSX at the same time.

Any deals for the PC version? I have vmware on my mac. Could use one for my win7 machine to run linux.

thanks op, in 4 1!

also this article helped me decide between latest parallels and VMware.. it's pretty detailed and worth a read.

http://www.computerworld.com/s/ar...e_Fusion_5

why buy software i you can get them free from torrent? (just trolling :D)

How do you do the free upgrade?

I believe registration code works with Parallels 8 too..

That's never happened to me...

VirtualBox [virtualbox.org] is far better, IMO. Plus it's free.

I don't usually read ZDnet, but this article "What Sucks Worse Than Oracle's VirtualBox?" [zdnet.com] seems to be pretty spot on.

Ever since I first found out about VirtualBox I've preferred it over the competition (Parallels or VMware).

I've got Windows XP, 7, 8 and Ubuntu running in VM's on my Mac and rarely have a problem. And when I do have a rare problem, I find solutions pretty quickly via VBox forums [virtualbox.org].

Also, I'm not trying to thread crap, just stating my opinion and trying to help inform people about perfectly good free options.

What's with the academic version? Any difference between non-academic version?

In my experience retail Win7 keys can be activated twice, once online and once by phone. This is most definitely a bug though and not really a legit way to get two copies of Win7 for the price of one. If you have an OEM key it will only work on the computer it shipped with.

Does Parallels do something Virtualbox can't do for free when it comes to virtualizing linux?

is the edu email is required only for buying ? can this be registered with normal email address.

I didn't need my edu email to order it. Not sure of its needed to register it.

Not that I'm aware of. VBox works just great for me.

Newegg is now requiring .edu email verification before checking out. :(

For 90% of the people out there, Vbox is just fine. Probably for Linux as well. Ars Technica had a review recently that showed in what ways Parallels is better than Vbox. And I believe that was only for running Windows inside of OSX.

I don't remember if Vbox can do it, but Parallels can run your Boot Camp partition in a VM.

Hmm
 

hmm, I have never seen this once with P5-8

This company left a bad taste in my mouth. From Parallels 5 until the present day, people trying to run Windows using Parallels on a Mac (probably the reason most people buy Parallels!) have a problem where a Parallels process goes wild and starts consuming 99%+ of CPU. It does this even when the computer has been rebooted and Parallels hasn't been opened.

The company has known about this problem since 2009 (see all 180 complaints on their forum here [parallels.com] or Google prl_disp_service) but they do nothing to fix it except suggesting that you upgrade. Yet even Parallels 8 has this problem.

So, buy at your own risk. Very annoying for me when my computer spontaneously slows down to a crawl and the fans are spinning like crazy, only to realize that Parallels process is rearing its ugly head again.

Isn't this the program you have to buy to make your overpriced mac actually useful?

This doesn't happen in version 8.

man, you're a farking piece of shit dickhead:wave:

Awesome. I was just looking at getting this at normal price for $40. Thanks for saving me $20!

....... :shake::shake::shake:

Even without the edu discount, at $40 this is a good deal.

I'd jump on this if I didn't already have 2 parallel licenses... then again I am considering getting a laptop and imac so ... :D

Agreed - switched from virtual box a year ago, and could not be happier.

Faster, seamless integration, and notice no spamming. Id buy again if there was any use for it...

No difference
 

Same program. It's just an attempt to get college students and faculty to adopt software early to get them hooked and promote a dependency. Apple use to give Reed College grads a computer for the same reason.

Really? Only reed college grads?

Or just THAT ONE guy? ( did he actually graduate? )

I know he was trolling, but you can run pretty much any OS on your mac than a similarly aged PC can AND OSX. You will have far superior tech support and better HW as well. You get what you pay for with macs.

How many non mac screens have you seen that do better than 1080p on a 15 inch screen?

Anyone know if the CPU issues happens rarely? Or has anyone ever encounter this problem?

Debating whether to get it.

Since this is not bootcamp, we won't need to share ram right? Using the 2012 Macbook Air 128gb/ 4gb ram.

For those curious about why I switched from Vbox to Parallels 7: http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/ar...-boot-camp

If you're usin' a Mac with Parallels I feel bad for you son; I got 99 problems but terrible hardware for gaming ain't one.

Proper Mission Control support was the biggie for me. In V7 it just groups all the Parallels windows together. In 8, it actually sorts them by their Windows executable.

Of course, that depends on you using Coherence mode in the first place.

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How often does this deal happen? I missed it. =(

got in for one earlier. Thanks OP!

missed this :/

Probably because there is no version 9 to upsell you on yet. Still, an ad for an upgrade (that has a don't show this again checkbox) is hardly the doing of an evil company. The previous poster's panties are in a bunch over nothing.

Back @ $50, promo code expired...