I have a 16 MBP I7 2.7, 16Gb 500Gb SSD running OSx 10.12. I purchased Parallels 10 a while back and for the life of me, could not get Windows 10 to work without maxing out the CPU. After reading the forums and trying every single KB article instruction, I decided as a long time Paralells fan to leave it be, use bootcamp and let Parallels catch up a bit. While very inconvenient, I thought it would be addressed and fixed by now. It's been well over a YEAR...
Last week I purchased version 12 with high hopes that this would have been addressed. Fresh Windows 10 install. Nope.. Another $50 down the drain. Not to mention the last upgrade was completely worthless as well. This screw up is on me.. I should have read more before wasting the money, TWICE. Buyer beware.
I have tried every forum suggestion and KB including, the test VM (116263), boot flags for disabling USB (338065), disabling Windows sharing, stopping the Windows update services, removing network preference files from the Library as well as countless hours scouring Google for a possible fix. This research goes not only for this version (12), but for 10 as well. I skipped the one in the middle one due to frustration.
I have tried this on clean installs, upgrades, every combination possible.
Everything I have read is that you have to disable Windows to a minimum to function.. If that's the case, then why does bootcamp function correctly? Even when I do that, it runs at anywhere from 90 to 400% CPU usage and maxes out the fans..
If I'm missing anything, I'm totally open to yet ANOTHER suggestion as to how to make this software function correctly, but at this point I'm not holding out any hope.. It's been almost two years.. I would think that functionality would be paramount over aesthetics , but perhaps not.
Pardon my frustration but at this point, I just want half of the money back for what I spent on the last two versions.
Last edited: Dec 18, 2016
