Why enforce a 15-day trial period on Beta code?

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ppinter1

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Pardon me, but I'm getting moaning messages about the 15-day trial license expiring on Sept 22nd, yet only with the latest 1896.2 build has this Beta been barely stable enough to evaluate on my Mac Pro.

Wouldn't it make more sense to code these Betas with a hard expiry date, and leave the trials to stable, non-Beta kits?
 
I think that would be nice as well. I'm just about at the end of my trial period and still no support for my Garmin USB GPS. Since parallels still hasn't even said if they're working on the issue, I have no intention of buying the software. It seems to me that they should wait for a final release before starting to charge people for a product.
 
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The beta versions are available for trail just like the release versions are available for trial. But Parallels is a commercial venture that needs to generate sales to survive. I'm sure you understand now.
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The beta versions are available for trail just like the release versions are available for trial. But Parallels is a commercial venture that needs to generate sales to survive. I'm sure you understand now.
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That doesn't mean their idea has no merit. At the moment Parallels can hardly be considered a commercial product for users with Mac Pros. A hard coded ending date is a very good suggestion so that guinea pig users can at least try the newly released betas to see if they work.

IIRC the end date starts from the first time you install parallels and doesn't update if you update the software.
 
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You can't update, you have to reinstall. It's all designed to encourage a purchase. They are a commercial entity, they want to encourage sales. They are encouraging sales.

If they are not leading you to think that you will purchase, then they probably do not wish to do anymore for you.
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but even if you do reinstall you still don't get a new trial period to see if the software works. If it doesn't work on a Mac Pro when first trialled then by the time an update appears there's no option to see if it works.

Why is it such a bad idea to have a longer, hardcoded time out on the betas so that while they're getting support for the new intels working people can assess whether it works for them or not.

Encouraging sales is one thing, but if the software doesn't work, or is clearly beta then there's nothing to sell.
 
Yes lots have paid, and got a bit miffed the software didnt work as advertised. I downloaded the trial software and inteand to purchase, when it fully works correctly (i.e. as advertised without tricks and is no longer a beta). Hoever, my test key expired. I couldnt evaluate an updated beta. My only option was to re-register using another e-mail address to get another key.

The current version works well for me, except USB support for webcams, the main reason I need XP. When (if) this is addressed I will purchase, but not before.

I would support a date expire beta.
 
Why enforce a general trial period on Beta code?

I would even say: Why enforce a general trial period on Beta code?

Parallels should obviously more than profit from the the beta-phase, ´cause the savings in man-power and developing costs with all the valuable feedback of committed users are obvious. For the final product ok, but a general trial on a beta? Strange...
 
UnoriginalNick said:
I think that would be nice as well. I'm just about at the end of my trial period and still no support for my Garmin USB GPS. Since parallels still hasn't even said if they're working on the issue, I have no intention of buying the software. It seems to me that they should wait for a final release before starting to charge people for a product.
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Parallels costs $80 and your Garmin USB GPS costs how much?

Considering that it works with just about every other, non-flaky Windows program out there while still being less expensive than any of them, why don't you just buy it so they will have money to hire someone dedicated to USB support?
 
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