VM Ware or Parallels

I have a few questions I'm trying to help the son with.  He has a MacBook Pro (17 inch) and a PC.  He uses the PC for a few programs that are not available for the Mac.  He's getting tired of the Windows slowness and constant security updating and use of memory.
He knows about Boot Camp and partitioning the HD to install Widows.  I suggested before he did that, he consider either Parallels or VM Ware.
If I am correct, both of these programs do NOT require HD partitioning?
Which is better, VM Ware or Parallels
I should also add, the MacBook Pro has 3 years of college work on it.
Thanks for any help or suggestions.

VMware Fusion and Parallels are virtual machine applications, so they don't need a second partition. The virtual hard drive they use is a file stored in Documents folder.
Before trying them, I suggest you to use VirtualBox > http://www.virtualbox.org This application is free and will work correctly.
If you need more features or you don't like it, I prefer Parallels instead of VMware Fusion, although some users report performance problems with it. You can try a trial of both applications and decide which one it's better.
I recommend you to have 4 GB or more of RAM to run the virtual machine. You can check how much RAM you have in  > About this Mac

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