Windows on Mac... Parallels or VM Fusion?

Windows on Mac... Parallels or VM Fusion?
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answer:I think I heard better reviews about VMware then Parallels. So if I had to buy VMWare, I would do it because of it’s performance. By the way: Do you want to run the two together. If not, you could use Apple’s Bootcamp, but that’s actually not a virtualization-suite. Greetings Davey.
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