One of the things that I didn't like about Parallels was that when you downloaded new versions either tools or your copy of Windows had to be reinstalled. This was getting to be a pain in the neck and frankly I kept putting off downloading and installing new updates. I also noticed that when I ran Parallels my CPU and memory would max out slowing my Mac to a crawl. When I saw the offer to download a free trial for 30 days I figured what the hell. After using Fusion for a week I quickly deleted my version of Parallels and became hooked.

The interface for Fusion is much like Parallels but with a more friendly user experience. You can go to full screen with a quick click of a button and go back to screen within a screen just as quickly. Dragging and dropping files between Windows and Mac was easy and I didn't need to tell Fusion that I was using a wireless connection for the Web and my keyboard and mouse.

At $79 Fusion is not inexpensive but it is a great alternative to Parallels for those of us who need to run Windows every once in awhile and right now a better program as it does not hog resources like Parallels does.