Using virtual machines with Mac

Hi Folks,
Any suggestions on using a virtual machine with Mac. Parallels, VMware Fusion or Virtual Box ? Which one is good and share some thoughts here.
Thanks,

Hi direwolf8,
You wrote : Not without knowing what you're trying to achieve.
This is what I am trying : I am planning to use the virtual machine technique so that I can work from home with the animation softwares to create and convert movies and the most commonly used systems, use Windows OS. I will need to test whether they will run in the Windows environment using all media players before making DVDs. (As per policies that is what I am supposed to reveal).
You wrote : If you're running Linux or Windows, you can use native drivers for your video display and skip the virtualized abstraction layer. You can even add a high-performance video card just for the vm's.
How can I do that?
Hi dwd, Thank you for your response also.
Regards.
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