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| From: Nova Development US
Category: Software
List Price: $79.99
Buy New: $44.93
You Save: $35.06 (44%)
New (31) Used (7) from $38.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  271 reviews
Sales Rank: 205
Format: Cd-rom
Platform: Mac Os X Intel
Media: CD-ROM
Edition: Standard
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 1.5 x 7.5 x 5.2
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
MPN: 100722
Model: 23707
UPC: 727298404005
EAN: 0727298404005
ASIN: B000GHIV2Q
Release Date: July 17, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: SAME 2008 RETAIL BOX VERSION 3.0 AS DISPLAYED WITH INTACT (UPC) BAR CODE FOR REGISTRATION,UPGRADE & TECH SUPPORT ELIGIBILITY * CONTAINS ALL PRODUCT LICENSES ,WARRANTIES, REGISTRATION NUMBERS & USER GUIDE * NEED IT NOW? SAME DAY SHIPPING BY A VETTED 5 STAR STAFF THAT E-MAILS YOU A USPS DELIVERY CONFIRMATION NUMBER SO YOU CAN TRACK YOUR ORDER FROM OUR DOOR TO YOURS FOR WORRY FREE TRANSACTIONS!
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| Customer Reviews:
 Good Product, One Major Limitation, EXTREMELY Poor Support January 19, 2007
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
I've had Parallels Desktop for Mac for a few weeks now. For the most part, it works very well. When booting or shutting down, it pretty much ties up the Mac, but that isn't the end of the world. What was very disappointing is that the program does not recognize the Express Card slot. I have a Verizon air card in there and I take my Mac around to do demonstrations that REQUIRE the Windows version of Internet Explorer.
Okay, that's also not the end of the world, but I really wanted some help on this and like other reviewers here, reading through their manual and FAQs, I was somewhat snowed by technical jargon. The effort to make their educational material understandable to the "rest of us" simply wasn't present. Initially I was not able to find in their materials that the Express Card was not supported, so I tried to contact them for help.
So I emailed them. And waited their obligatory 72 hours. Then emailed again. 72 hours later, I emailed them again. After one more block of 72 hours, I was finally convinced they wanted me to pay the $30 for a phone "incident." I paid it. Then I called and got their answering machine. Left a detailed message. Two days later and no return call, I called back. Same thing. Machine, left message, no return call. After a week of this, I called American Express and asked for the $30 to be returned to my card due to non-delivery of the service.
They've got a product that has many strong points. But someone in an executive capacity at Parallels has to realize you just can't ignore your customers on tech support lines. Well, I guess you can, but then realize the fact that more and more of us will post reviews like this and eventually that erodes sales.
 Too complicated! January 14, 2007
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
I have a PowerMac G5 and Dell notebook. The notebook went bad so purchase MacBook with Windows XP and Parallels. After working all day getting Parallels and Windows installed and up and running, I thought my life was great. Then after a week things quite working. Parallels would not boot Windows no matter what I tried. The manual is not written for the average business user and has several mistakes in it. They provide an additional manual to try to correct the mistakes in the first manual with such things as, " on Page 3 replace step 4 with the following . . . next place the content of . . . in the second bullet, the name should be corrented . . ." Then you have to go to their website to find corrections to these corrections. The manual is written in true computer geek language and not for the person that doesn't make his living working on and with computers. Parallels offers support at $30/call or by email that doesn't work. They only work during business hours on West coast time. Suggestion - if you need Windows, buy a PC of Boot Camp.
 great product January 10, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Easy istall works great in my new mac its good to have the best of both worlds on one computer
Not useful for Video editing January 9, 2007
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
The software installed easily and runs the Windows XP operating system without problems. However, you do not have the ability to import or export any thing via USB, Firewire, or most other external connections. I had hoped to be able to use the platform to edit video on software that only works in Windows. Bootcamp (the download from Apple) worked much better for that application. Parallels is a great tool if you just want to access basic Windows components but do not need to export or import large amounts of data.
works, kinda January 9, 2007
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Does work but installation is a nightmare ! No, repeat no, support so you are on your own. What they do pass as support is just an email of code text only a geek would appreciate. Never have been able to figure out web access from the Windows side. Hopefully something better and more user friendly will be available soon.
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