Boot Camp 2.1 ruined my fonts - Fusion or Parallels for CS3 - need help?

As Boot Camp 2.1 has been known to cause problems with Adobe Open Type fonts, I need to run Windows XP and Adobe Photoshop CS3 on a virtual machine.
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=8414651#8414651
Which one would better suit my needs, Fusion or Parallels?
Thanks!

Trisha K:
Parallels and Fusion pretty much use the same principle to use Windows as a virtual machine. I use VMWare Fusion and it pretty much serves my needs as I only use it when I am logged into OSx and need to boot into Windows to run MS Office applications. I personally prefer running Windows natively with boot camp.
Please note that both Parallels and Fusion will share/split RAM with OSx. I am not sure how this will affect the overall performance of Adobe Photoshop. You may sacrifice some speed and performance while using Windows in a virtual machine environment.
Axel F.

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