Windows on mbp question

wich program is better to run windows on mac
VM Fusion 2
or
Parallels Desktop 3.0 for Mac
or
boot camp
and how do i open windows in each one of them

as a payed client of *VMware Fusion* I love it, but lately I'm being seeing a little "lag" on the windows part so i will try to use Bootcamp in a near future (I need to format my disk cause Leopard says it can't do partition even after I verify and fixed the disk using Disk utility)
just to let you know that Parallels have the new version 4.0 since this week with a lot of new things, give it a try as well on the trial version.
always test it first before you buy it.

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