Parallels vs. Fusion - Which is better (lighter) on my Mac?

Can someone give me insight into which is cleaner on my Mac?
Which one works better with the mac?
thanx

LukeD wrote:
Having just gone from Parallels Desktop to Fusion 3, I can tell you that Fusion 3 is much easier on the system.
I own both of them and have since they came out. I haven't used Fusion as much because the early versions had bugs that would take 100% of my CPU, even when Fusion wasn't actually running. Plus, Fusion advertised accelerated graphics but, after purchasing, informed me that my Macbook didn't qualify for that.
Fusion puts its program files where they are supposed to go. Parallels Desktop puts the files all over the place, which makes it very difficult to uninstall.
Both programs put files where they are supposed to go. Both put the application portions in /Applications and the system portions in various system folders. Because both rely on system extensions, both need to be uninstalled using provided uninstallers.
Parallels Desktop relies on third-party software. Fusion does not.
Considering that both Parallels and Fusion are 3rd party software, what's the difference?
I am of the view that Fusion is far superior to Parallels Desktop in every aspect.
I am very suspicious when people claim that Fusion is far superior to Parallels. I have them both and I can state for certain that they are pretty much equivalent. Fusion did have some serious bugs in early versions but those seem to have been fixed.
I use and prefer Parallels. I have 8 Parallels VMs that I use on a regular basis to do everything from web site development to writing embedded software. It has never failed me - not even once. Fusion has failed me on a number of occasions when I've tried to get some value out of a license that I purchased, but didn't use.

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