Talk:Parallels Desktop for Mac

message: How can we cite issues or limitations of the software itself when its fact? Is this something that is really contested that they need the citation needed tag? I don't think so. You can read the release notes and know from those straight away that these features are not present. It looks messy. Nja247 (talk • contribs) 20:33, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: You say that these known issues are "fact", yet how is a person who just browsed to this article going to know that, absent some sort of verifiable reference?  If these issue are covered in the release notes or some other official documentation, then fine, throw in a link to the document.  The problem isn't that these issues are contested; the problem is that, without valid references, it looks like we made it all up.  Remember the text that appears below the edit box: "Encyclopedic content must be verifiable". Besides, it'll look a lot better once we include some references. — EagleOne\Talk 17:40, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Citation tags in issue section

message: Parallels can allow USB dongle-type Bluetooth adaptors.  Specify this in the USB devices settings.  Works right as rain; however, it will be slow (say, to sync a Palm).
---Christopher 
Graduate Student of Cell Biology and Biotechnology. Proud owner of a quad-core Mac Pro.
Philadelphia, PA—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 151.199.229.215 (talk • contribs) 07:32, July 11, 2007 (UTC)
:Info could be added, but as a work-around and not as proof that it supports bluetooth, since technically it does not. Remember, it's an encyclopedia. Nja247 (talk • contribs) 12:27, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: If you have a link to a documented workaround, then we can add that to the article, but details of the workaround itself should not be added. WP:NOT. — EagleOne\Talk 17:30, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Bluetooth

message: I cam here via a third opinion request. Looking this over. it looks like a storm in a teacup. To be honest, I would drop the whole section, per WP:WEIGHT and WP:NOT#PUBLISHER (Journalism). Will anybody be interested in reading this in a year? In five? --Stephan Schulz 14:16, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I'll support that, if only to end this damn debate. — EagleOne\Talk 18:16, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

text: I've unprotected the page in response to a request at WP:RFPP. Good luck. MastCell Talk 21:38, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Third opinion 

message: I have not used the coherence and related features, but those sound like very useful features that make up a major component of the overall system. The basic goal seems to be the ability to seemlessly work with both OS X and Windows applications. That is a very cool feature. However, there seems to be relatively little emphasis on this feature in the article. Why? Tacvek 17:56, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed, nice feature. I believe it gets its due credit however. There is a screenshot to show its use, plus the article explains what it does and how it does it. This is an encyclopedia, thus all items are equally relevant, though some more than others, but in general the aim is to be thorough yet neutral. What more would you like to see or know? What do you believe is missing? Nja247 (talk • contribs) 18:22, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Coherence 

message: I'm not sure why Comparison of VMware Fusion and Parallels Desktop is a separate article. It should be merged into this and/or the VMware Fusion articles as the comparison article alone is not very encyclopaedic on its own merits. There is already a comparison of VMs page. It (the Comparison of Desktop and Fusion article) seems almost like a culmination of product reviews. Comments sought at Talk:Comparison_of_VMware_Fusion_and_Parallels_Desktop#Merger Nja247 (talk • contribs) 19:23, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Merger proposal

message: I updated the article to reflect the major changes brought by the release. I had to remove the information about 4GB RAM limit versus the 1.5 limit since there is no confirmation of this feature in the final GA release (build 5160). If someone finds and actual, verifiable source that maintains a new 4GB limit in build 5160 then please add a small bit about it in the appropriate spot and source it. Cheers. Nja247 (talk • contribs) 09:18, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: New feature release

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:ParallelsVT.png

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thread_title: Image copyright problem with Image:Parallels Logo.svg

message: I don't think so. You can pick up a copy of Parallels anywhere from Best Buy to the Apple Store. You can even pick up a the server edition at the Apple Store.
I removed that sentence from the article.Pisharov (talk) 22:27, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Only retailer? 

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thread_title: File:Parallels coherence.jpg Nominated for speedy Deletion

message: Guests: The example guest operating systems are correct, but they seem like odd choices to me. OS/2 Warp is probably important to my old professor who refused to switch to Windows 18 years ago, but now wouldn't Ubuntu 11 be more relevant? Aphzidos (talk) 15:38, 10 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Version 7: Supported operating systems 

message: This is a commercial product, yet it displays ads that the user cannot officially disable. There are unofficial ways to disable these, e.g. http://gregferro.com/noted-osxturning-off-ads-in-parallels/ -- but a web search reveals there's quite a few users who have reacted negatively to this. I was a little surprised that this controversial marketing tactic is not mentioned in the Wikipedia article. Is there a reason for this, or can I go ahead and add that in? Stian (talk) 16:33, 14 September 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ads in Parallels 

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thread_title:  Copyright problem removed