Should I run Windows 7 in Boot Camp or VMWare?

I've recently bought a 15" Retina Macbook Pro, and it is a lovely machine. I program Crestron control systems, and the Crestron apps are available for Windows only, but I have known a few people that have run them on Macs using BootCamp on a Windows VM. I tried Paralells Desktop 8 first but my Crestron apps seemd to crash pretty regularly, so after talking to Crestron they recommended VMWare Fusion. I've downloaded the trial version and installed Windows 7 Pro 64 bit, and so far all seems to be running pretty well. My question is this: My Macbook has 8 GB of RAM, and the Crestron app that I do most of work in would like to have a full 8 GB available. When I run VMWare it seems the most I can allocate to the VM is 4GB, would I be able to allocate the full 8 GB if I ran Windows in BootCamp mode instead? And would there be any other performance advantages? Thanks.

If you run Windows in Boot Camp, Windows will use all the 8 GB of RAM of your computer, always that you install a 64-bit Windows 7 or 8 version. 32-bit editions don't support more than 4 GB of RAM.
The solution to the question depends on your uses. If the application is working properly in a virtual machine, leave it, because it's a bit long the process to install Windows in Boot Camp, as you have to run Boot Camp Assistant, format and install Windows on one volume, install the Windows support software... See this user tip > https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3321

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