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frontpagepandaking posted Dec 03, 2025 05:29 AM
frontpagepandaking posted Dec 03, 2025 05:29 AM

1-Year Parallels Desktop for Mac Subscription (Pro Edition)

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$60

$120

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Parallels is offering their 1-Year Parallels Desktop for Mac Subscription for 50% Off listed below.

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Note, ensure you select your subscription of choice before checking out

Available Option(s)
  • 1-Year Parallels Desktop for Mac Subscription
    • Parallels Desktop (Standard Edition) - For: Home and Personal Use
      • $49.99/year
        • Includes
          • 8 GB vRAM
          • 4 vCPUs
          • Run Windows/Windows Applications
          • Use Linus and macOS in a Virtual Machine
          • Access Windows Excel features on Mac
          • Unlimited Phone/Email Support
    • Parallels Desktop (Pro Edition) - For: Developers, Creators and Power Users
      • $59.99/year
        • Includes
          • 128GB vRAM for each VM
          • 32 VCPUs for each VM
          • Command Line Interface
          • Run Graphics-Intensive Windows Apps and Multiple VMs
          • Develop, Automate, Test, and Debut in Multiple Operating Systems Simultaneously
          • Unlimited Phone/Email Support
    • Parallels Desktop (Business Edition) - For: Businesses, Organizations
      • $97.49/year
        • Includes
          • Centralized Administration/License Management
          • New Automate CI/CD Workflows
          • Provisioning w/ Mac Management Tools or Parallels Deployment Package
          • Use Volume License Management for Organizations and Teams
          • Business-Friendly Billing
          • Allow Selected Users to Download Corporate Windows VM

Editor's Notes

Written by Discombobulated | Staff
  • About the Deal
    • Run Windows on any Mac—Intel or Apple silicon—and experience seamless integration between operating systems
    • This is a yearly subscription product. Your subscription will renew automatically after your promotional pricing period; you may cancel at any time
    • Offer valid while promotional offer/pricing last
  • Additional Details
    • All purchases include 30-day money back guarantee for complete peace of mind

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Written by pandaking
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Parallels is offering their 1-Year Parallels Desktop for Mac Subscription for 50% Off listed below.

Thanks to community member pandaking for finding this deal

Note, ensure you select your subscription of choice before checking out

Available Option(s)
  • 1-Year Parallels Desktop for Mac Subscription
    • Parallels Desktop (Standard Edition) - For: Home and Personal Use
      • $49.99/year
        • Includes
          • 8 GB vRAM
          • 4 vCPUs
          • Run Windows/Windows Applications
          • Use Linus and macOS in a Virtual Machine
          • Access Windows Excel features on Mac
          • Unlimited Phone/Email Support
    • Parallels Desktop (Pro Edition) - For: Developers, Creators and Power Users
      • $59.99/year
        • Includes
          • 128GB vRAM for each VM
          • 32 VCPUs for each VM
          • Command Line Interface
          • Run Graphics-Intensive Windows Apps and Multiple VMs
          • Develop, Automate, Test, and Debut in Multiple Operating Systems Simultaneously
          • Unlimited Phone/Email Support
    • Parallels Desktop (Business Edition) - For: Businesses, Organizations
      • $97.49/year
        • Includes
          • Centralized Administration/License Management
          • New Automate CI/CD Workflows
          • Provisioning w/ Mac Management Tools or Parallels Deployment Package
          • Use Volume License Management for Organizations and Teams
          • Business-Friendly Billing
          • Allow Selected Users to Download Corporate Windows VM

Editor's Notes

Written by Discombobulated | Staff
  • About the Deal
    • Run Windows on any Mac—Intel or Apple silicon—and experience seamless integration between operating systems
    • This is a yearly subscription product. Your subscription will renew automatically after your promotional pricing period; you may cancel at any time
    • Offer valid while promotional offer/pricing last
  • Additional Details
    • All purchases include 30-day money back guarantee for complete peace of mind

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Caleo
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It's hard to describe how much I've come to utterly loathe and despise the fact that almost all paid & perpetually-licensed software has moved to recurring subscription models.
Sick & tired of this rent-seeking crap and being squeezed by companies like this.

Yes, you can get a perpetual license, but 1. it's not discounted, and 2. it's only the 'standard' edition with significant limitations.
rich123
191 Posts
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You can't even buy Parallels anymore; It's a RENTAL

Vmware Fusion is FREE and it natively supports Windows 11. It has a virtual TPM module. Nuff Said!
ryanscott6
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Parallels can jump off a cliff with this subscription crap.

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Dec 04, 2025 04:14 PM
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scrizzDec 04, 2025 04:14 PM
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Quote from HonestWinter7560 :
It all started with Microsoft office subscription crap. Now sub model spreads like a pandemic. Vote with your wallet. Fusion all the way.
The software as a service/subscription started long before Microsoft Switched over. I would say like the large company that proved it successful to other big companies was Adobe.
Dec 04, 2025 04:21 PM
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scrizzDec 04, 2025 04:21 PM
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Quote from Elon69 :
Any tips on making the vm not grow in size. Somehow it went from 4gb install and grew to 40. I wiped and reinstalled. Some weird bloat. Maybe some stupid one drive synch I just need to disable Fusion is more seamless but free is free and better for me for now.
There's an option in the disk settings to have a dynamic disk size. I don't remember the exact name, but there is a setting that allows disk size to grow "as needed."
Dec 04, 2025 05:33 PM
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whodiiniDec 04, 2025 05:33 PM
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Quote from PurpleNarwhal693 :
Quicken is the reason we might be getting this. It's still not feature parity with windows? Also, seeing perpetual is $200+, how are you getting for 15/yr?
You wait for a real sale. Then use the upgrade price.

As for Quicken, I have a subscription (argh!) If you havent used it, dont. It also has a subscription model and requires you to pay every year. I am looking into other alternatives because the yearly cost has greatly increased and it is highly buggy. Quickens attitude is break often and fix, which is exactly not the model to use when it comes to your finances. I want reliability, not constantly adding fluff and corrupting files. Then not providing robust file fixing tools. (They actually removed the tools because it also helps in exporting.)
Dec 04, 2025 09:34 PM
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Elon69Dec 04, 2025 09:34 PM
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Quote from scrizz :
There's an option in the disk settings to have a dynamic disk size. I don't remember the exact name but there is a setting that allows disk size to grow "as needed"
I will check, idk how it grew to 40GB so I just kill and reinstall once in a while haha
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Dec 04, 2025 11:58 PM
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Quote from Elon69 :
Any tips on making the vm not grow in size. Somehow it went from 4gb install and grew to 40. I wiped and reinstalled. Some weird bloat. Maybe some stupid one drive synch I just need to disable Fusion is more seamless but free is free and better for me for now.
I don't know how you setup your VM, but when you do your initial setup of disk size, it allows you to pick a hard limit (like 150GB), but then it allows you a choice to start with a 4GB disk and "Grow it" to that limit, or you can say create multiple slices of VM Storage 1....to N all at once, then it won't grow anymore, but then you're limited to that size disk, unless you add more virtual storage.

That's how it works with my VMWare Fusion Ubuntu ARM edition.
Dec 05, 2025 12:51 AM
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tamududeDec 05, 2025 12:51 AM
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Quote from dshoppr :
What! Why would it not transfer? Both are macos!
See here https://forum.parallels.com/threa...ia.366839/
Worked great if existing Mac OS was upgraded to Sequoia but could not be used for a new install. Absolute BS!!!
Dec 05, 2025 12:54 AM
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tamududeDec 05, 2025 12:54 AM
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Quote from whodiini :
You wait for a real sale. Then use the upgrade price.

As for Quicken, I have a subscription (argh!) If you havent used it, dont. It also has a subscription model and requires you to pay every year. I am looking into other alternatives because the yearly cost has greatly increased and it is highly buggy. Quickens attitude is break often and fix, which is exactly not the model to use when it comes to your finances. I want reliability, not constantly adding fluff and corrupting files. Then not providing robust file fixing tools. (They actually removed the tools because it also helps in exporting.)
At $55/yr when on sale, Quicken Classic Premier is a full featured personal finance software. Is it perfect? No. However, warts and all, it is the most feature rich and extensive program out there with no equivalent. Almost every connected personal finance software will have connectivity issues as FIs balance convenience against security.

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Dec 05, 2025 01:38 AM
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whodiiniDec 05, 2025 01:38 AM
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Quote from tamudude :
At $55/yr when on sale, Quicken Classic Premier is a full featured personal finance software. Is it perfect? No. However, warts and all, it is the most feature rich and extensive program out there with no equivalent. Almost every connected personal finance software will have connectivity issues as FIs balance convenience against security.
I agree it is the most feature rich program out there. I dont need the litany of features, most I will not use. I want the most stable program out there. Quicken updates their program several times a month and often with new features, it will crash and corrupt your file. And then you cannot repair it. Then Quicken will provide updates, usually 2-4 over the next month or 2 that will fix the crashes, but not fix your corrupted file. So I have learned not to update for several months after an update until the crashes are fixed, then make a backup, update Quicken and run it for a while. If it crashes, restore the prior version of Quicken and restore the prior uncorrupted file, enter the new transactions since the last backup, and wait another month or 2 until they fix the crash. Quicken does not thoroughly test their releases. So I am tired of doing this several times a year as it is a lot of work. I have been using Quicken for 20+ years and am now looking at alternatives and no longer can recommend it.
Last edited by whodiini December 4, 2025 at 06:40 PM.
Dec 08, 2025 04:07 PM
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PurpleNarwhal693Dec 08, 2025 04:07 PM
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Paralells/Cleverbridge keeps saying they need to manually review my payment method and then they say it gets declined. Tried different methods, weird behavior.
Dec 12, 2025 01:01 PM
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FrozenBikerDec 12, 2025 01:01 PM
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Quote from whodiini :

I agree it is the most feature rich program out there. I dont need the litany of features, most I will not use. I want the most stable program out there. Quicken updates their program several times a month and often with new features, it will crash and corrupt your file. And then you cannot repair it. Then Quicken will provide updates, usually 2-4 over the next month or 2 that will fix the crashes, but not fix your corrupted file. So I have learned not to update for several months after an update until the crashes are fixed, then make a backup, update Quicken and run it for a while. If it crashes, restore the prior version of Quicken and restore the prior uncorrupted file, enter the new transactions since the last backup, and wait another month or 2 until they fix the crash. Quicken does not thoroughly test their releases. So I am tired of doing this several times a year as it is a lot of work. I have been using Quicken for 20+ years and am now looking at alternatives and no longer can recommend it.
After trying their crappy subscription for a year (a few years ago), I went back to 2016, my last paid version. Transactions are entered manually of course, but that isn't a problem here. And unlike their current software, this doesn't crash and have nagging renewal overlays.

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