Promo: upgrade or full product?

Jun 5, 2007, 05:05 AM #1
faquin Junior Member Join: Jun 2007 Posts: 3	Promo: upgrade or full product? Hi, I didn't undestand quiet well the promo (until 6th). Is that only an upgrade, or is this a full product, for $39?

Jun 5, 2007, 08:43 AM #2
wesley Senior Member Join: Apr 2006 Posts: 398	My understanding is that Parallels only puts out 'full product' versions. The 'upgrade' is purely from a payment standpoint. __________________ Core 2 Duo iMac 2.8GHz \| 4GB RAM \| 500GB HDD Mac OS X 10.5.4 \| VM inside PW: Windows XP SP3

Jun 5, 2007, 09:08 AM #3
faquin Junior Member Join: Jun 2007 Posts: 3	great ! you have a new customer.

Jun 5, 2007, 09:24 AM #4
Purplish Senior Member Join: Oct 2006 Posts: 540	Will the 39.95 version work if you do not have a previous version installed?

Jun 5, 2007, 09:42 AM #5
UKP Member Join: Apr 2006 Posts: 31	No, which is why it's called an Upgrade :) You need a fully activated working version of 2.0 or 2.5 for the 3.0 upgrade key to work.

Jun 5, 2007, 09:56 AM

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Originally Posted by faquin

Which one should we believe?

UKP right, if you have fully activated 2.2 or 2.5 version you'll get 3.0 only for $39

Jun 5, 2007, 10:02 AM

Jack Dumphy
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Originally Posted by wonder_mice

Sorry, I was wrong :) You can preoder only update.

Great ! In that case your marketing guys did a brilliant job to confuse people. The "save 50% thing" makes no sense for me, because I would just save 10$ with an update.
Anyway... I like Parallels and the price is ok, but I don't like statements like that. sorry!! :mad:

Jun 5, 2007, 10:04 AM #8
faquin Junior Member Join: Jun 2007 Posts: 3	What?? But I already bought it, after wonder_mice's post !!! I don't have Parallels Desktop, so what now?

Jun 5, 2007, 10:42 AM #9
ksenks Parallels Team Join: Nov 2006 Posts: 164	Please excuse us for any confusion caused. You may have misunderstood our upgrade policy. Could you check your PM folder?

Jun 5, 2007, 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Ankou

UKP right, if you have fully activated 2.2 or 2.5 version you'll get 3.0 only for $39

If it becomes necessary to re-install OS X and the pre-order Parallels from scratch because of a failed hard drive, is it necessary to install Parallels version 2.5 first then 3.0?

Jun 6, 2007, 04:22 AM

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Originally Posted by dkp

If it becomes necessary to re-install OS X and the pre-order Parallels from scratch because of a failed hard drive, is it necessary to install Parallels version 2.5 first then 3.0?

Hello, dkp
It's not necessary to install 2.5 before 3.0, because Parallels 3.0-is not a simple update, it's a major update.

Jun 6, 2007, 05:29 AM #12
UKP Member Join: Apr 2006 Posts: 31	I think what dkp might mean is, if the 3.0 key is just an upgrade key, and he reinstalls OSX for whatever reason, because the key is an upgrade key, will he have to reinstall 2.5, use the 2.5 key, then upgrade to 3.0 to be able to use the 3.0 upgrade key? What would be nice is once you have successfully upgraded to 3.0 from 2.5, your key then becomes a full key, so you can just reinstall 3.0.

Jun 6, 2007, 06:02 AM

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Originally Posted by UKP

I think what dkp might mean is, if the 3.0 key is just an upgrade key, and he reinstalls OSX for whatever reason, because the key is an upgrade key, will he have to reinstall 2.5, use the 2.5 key, then upgrade to 3.0 to be able to use the 3.0 upgrade key?

What would be nice is once you have successfully upgraded to 3.0 from 2.5, your key then becomes a full key, so you can just reinstall 3.0.

To reinstall Parallels 3.0, enter your 2.5 key and then 3.0 update key

Jun 6, 2007, 02:08 PM #14
davide Member Join: Sep 2006 Posts: 52	I bought the upgrade, and got this: Thank you for upgrading to Parallels Desktop for Mac 3.0! Parallels will email you your upgrade key for Parallels Desktop 3.0 as soon as it’s released. To use your 3.0 activation key, you must have already activated Parallels Desktop 2.5. Your 3.0 activation key will not activate 2.5. YOUR UPGRADE ACTIVATION KEY: [removed] It says Parallels will mail me an "upgrade" key in the future, and thenit also mentions using an "activation" key. But I also received an "upgrade activation" key in the email. How many keys are there to be used? __________________ MacBook Pro 2.16Ghz, 2G RAM, 120G HD XP Pro VM, 512MB RAM, 8G Disk Slackware 11.0 VM, 256MB RAM, 8G Disk Ubuntu 6.06 VM, 256MB RAM, 8G Disk

Jun 6, 2007, 02:08 PM

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I bought the upgrade, and got this:

Thank you for upgrading to Parallels Desktop for Mac 3.0! Parallels will
email you your upgrade key for Parallels Desktop 3.0 as soon as it’s
released. To use your 3.0 activation key, you must have already activated
Parallels Desktop 2.5. Your 3.0 activation key will not activate 2.5.

YOUR UPGRADE ACTIVATION KEY: [removed]

It says Parallels will mail me an "upgrade" key in the future, and thenit also mentions using an "activation" key. But I also received an "upgrade activation" key in the email.

How many keys are there to be used?

__________________
MacBook Pro 2.16Ghz, 2G RAM, 120G HD
XP Pro VM, 512MB RAM, 8G Disk
Slackware 11.0 VM, 256MB RAM, 8G Disk
Ubuntu 6.06 VM, 256MB RAM, 8G Disk

Jun 6, 2007, 05:23 PM #15
AlanH Senior Member Join: Sep 2006 Posts: 323	My guess is that the first statement about a future key is incorrect. You have the 3.0 key. You just need the software. __________________ Alan 4 GByte Mac Pro, Geforce 7300GT. Leopard 10.5.0 Parallels Desktop for Mac, build 5580. Win XP Pro SP2 and Centos VMs.

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