我最近不太常用 vmWare Fusion，但我可以告诉你更多关于 Parallels Desktop 的信息：
你有两种许可选项：
80 美元购买“标准版”（Standard Edition），该版本不会过期；或者
100 美元购买“专业版”（Pro Edition），该许可证将在 1 年后过期，但可以以 50 美元的价格续订一年。
Parallels 每年 8 月左右都会发布 Parallels 的升级版本。“专业版”可以免费/自动获得此升级。对于“标准版”，用户必须支付 50 美元。在过去几年，他们允许任何在 8 月或 9 月购买旧版本的用户免费升级。
如果你每年都升级到新版本，那么总成本最终会差不多。在我看来，专业版的额外功能对典型的 Paratext 用户来说并没有好处。但是，如果你的 Mac 有 32GB 内存，也许你会想要专业版，这样你就可以为 Windows 虚拟机分配超过 8GB 的内存。
我购买 80 美元的“标准版”，然后在升级似乎没有吸引力的年份跳过升级。如果我跳过一年的升级，那么我每年在 Parallels 上的成本就减半了。如果你拥有任何先前版本，都可以获得 Parallels 升级价格，因此等待一两年再升级并不是问题。不过，你可能会遇到新版 macOS 或 Windows 与旧版 Parallels 之间的兼容性问题。
Parallels 的另一个优点是他们的支持响应非常迅速。大约 2 年前，Parallels Desktop 的一次更新破坏了 Paratext，但 Parallels 很快承认了该错误，提供了一个我们可以立即应用的变通方法，并在后续更新中永久修复了该错误。
Paratext 的遥测数据是否显示了有多少用户在 Mac 上的虚拟机中运行 Paratext？
I’ve not used vmWare Fusion much recently, but I can tell you a bit more about Parallels Desktop:
You have two licensing options:
$80 for “Standard Edition” which does not expire, or
$100 for “Pro Edition” for a license which will expire in 1 year, but can be renewed for $50 for another year.
Parallels releases an upgrade for Parallels every year sometime in August. “Pro Edition” receives this upgrade free/automatically. For “Standard Edition”, one must bay $50. In past years they allowed free upgrades for anyone who purchased the older version anytime in August or September.
If you upgrade to the newer version every year, then the costs end up being about the same. In my opinion, none of the additional features of the Pro Edition would benefit the typical Paratext user. But if your Mac has 32GB of RAM, maybe you’d want the Pro Edition so that you can allocate more than 8GB of RAM to the Windows VM.
I buy the “Standard Edition” for $80, and then skip upgrade years when the upgrade doesn’t seem compelling. If I skip an upgrade for one year, then I’ve halved my annual cost for Parallels. You can get the Parallels Upgrade price if you own ANY previous version, so waiting a year or two to upgrade is not an issue. You may, however, have compatibility issues with newer versions of macOS or Windows and older versions of Parallels.
Another plus for Parallels is that their support is very responsive. About 2 years ago a Parallels Desktop update broke Paratext, but Parallels was very quick to acknowledge the bug, offer a work-around which we could apply immediately, and then fix the bug permanently in an update.
Does Paratext’s telemetry tell how many users are running Paratext in VMs on Macs?
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