Parallels VM vs Parallels Bootcamp Partition

[davenz]

I am currently using windows 7 under a parallels VM.

I know you can use parallels to start up a VM of your bootcamp partition.

Is there any performance difference in using parallels to start the bootcamp partition compared to if you just had a win 7 VM set up in parallels? It seems like the best of two worlds as if you need a quick windows task you can just boot it up inside parallels, and if you need to do intensive tasks you can just shut down and start up bootcamp.

I want to make sure there is no downsides before I delete my windows 7 VM and just make parallels use the bootcamp partition.

Thanks,

 

[maflynn]

I asked this question to a Vmware support person and they said that the a VMware VM is probably a tiny bit faster as it has to do a bit more to deal with boot camp. They also said its probably not really noticeable either