我最近沒有怎麼使用 vmWare Fusion，但我可以告訴您一些關於 Parallels Desktop 的資訊：
您有兩種授權選項：
80 美元購買「標準版」（Standard Edition），授權不會過期；或
100 美元購買「專業版」（Pro Edition），授權一年後會過期，但可以花 50 美元續費再使用一年。
Parallels 每年八月左右都會發布 Parallels 的升級版本。「專業版」可以免費/自動獲得此升級。對於「標準版」，使用者必須支付 50 美元。在過去幾年，他們允許任何在八月或九月購買舊版本的使用者免費升級。
如果您每年都升級到較新的版本，那麼總成本其實差不多。在我看來，專業版的額外功能對典型的 Paratext 使用者來說並沒有什麼幫助。但如果您的 Mac 有 32GB 的 RAM，也許您會想要專業版，這樣您就可以為 Windows 虛擬機分配超過 8GB 的 RAM。
我購買 80 美元的「標準版」，然後在升級看起來沒有太大吸引力時跳過升級年份。如果我跳過一年的升級，那麼我每年在 Parallels 上的花費就減半了。只要您擁有任何舊版本，就可以獲得 Parallels 升級價格，所以等待一年或兩年再升級並不是問題。不過，您可能會遇到新版 macOS 或 Windows 與舊版 Parallels 之間的相容性問題。
Parallels 的另一個優點是他們的支援反應非常迅速。大約 2 年前，一次 Parallels Desktop 更新導致 Paratext 出現問題，但 Parallels 非常迅速地承認了這個錯誤，提供了一個我們可以立即應用的變通方法，然後在後續更新中永久修復了該錯誤。
Paratext 的遙測數據是否顯示有多少使用者在 Mac 上的虛擬機中運行 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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