This is dumb marketing by Parallels in my opinion. Well, it says they are working on making the software compatible, but the link leading to the KB article suggests users to upgrade to “Parallels Desktop 10” to use Windows 10. But a week ago when I tried the Get Windows 10 task bar upgrade program, it gave me this message.
I’m using PD 9 and have not upgraded it to version 10 for one reason, it works good enough for my needs and the reason for upgrading to version 10 did not prove any cost benefits.Īs I did on my other Windows machines, I registered for the upgrade on my MacBook Pro running Windows 8.1 on Parallels/Boot Camp. But there are surprises for people who use Parallels Desktop 9 (and NOT the latest version 10 of their software).
If you are running Windows on Boot Camp, then the upgrade or a new install is as simple as explained in the support article. The details on how to upgrade is in their support page. The one system that is not getting the upgrade is my HTPC (Home Theater PC) since Microsoft dropped WMC (Windows Media Center) in Windows 10.Īpple just released the updates to Boot Camp that supports Windows 10 on August 13th. And also having the Windows installed to a Boot Camp drive (from where Parallels VM also boots from) helps to boot directly to Windows on the MacBook to gain exclusive access to its hardware when needed. Running Windows as a virtual machine through Parallels along side OS X Yosemite helps me in developing software on both environment side by side. I have run this configuration for years for the flexibility it gives. The problems came when I tried to upgrade my MacBook Pro running Windows 8.1 on the Boot Camp partition as well as on Parallels as a virtual machine that boots from the same Boot Camp drive. The upgrade went smooth on one Windows laptop. Most of them were running Windows 8.1 previously. Microsoft released Windows 10 on July 29th and I was one of many who registered for the free upgrade on all my Windows PC and Laptops.
There were many challenges in upgrading to Windows 10 especially using Parallels Desktop 9 which I have covered here with the solutions that worked. It might also be helpful if you also run Windows on Boot Camp and use the same Boot Camp drive as boot drive for your Parallels Windows virtual machine. Read on if you are a Mac user running Windows in Parallels Desktop 9 and having troubles with the upgrade.
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