@b:
I agree; I’ve heard that VMware makes more efficient use of dual core CPU’s, and is thus less of a resource drain. That said, the interface of the last version I used is primitive compared to parallels – Coherence (a feature of parallels) allows pretty much seamless integration of the start menu and window panes into OS X.
I’ve been using parallels lately and it has been a bit buggy, using almost 100% of my CPU (both cores) just to perform a system update, so I’d probably recommend fusion. A good way to integrate it into OS X Leopard is to just use Spaces and set the VM to open full-screen in another space automatically, so you can switch back and forth with just a keystroke.