Re:VMWare question (Score 1)

What are your experiences with the hardware requirements for successfully running Windows in a VM?

If this was addressed to me (since I brought up the idea of running Windows as a virtual OS), I cannot answer as I am *planning* on running VMWare on a new machine (that I am currently putting together). Memory and disk are incredibly cheap these days, so why skimp on them? I would imagine the more power you have on your desktop, the better your experience will be using virtualization. Here's the current system I'm planning on getting (from Newegg):

• Antec P180 case $124.99
• SeaSonic S12-330 ATX12V 330W PSU $54.00
• MSI K8NGM2-FID Socket 939 motherboard $78.99
• G.SKILL 2GB(2x1GB) 184-Pin DDR 400 memory $164.49
• AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ dual-core CPU $357.00
• 3 Samsung 250gb SATAII disks $218.97
• Pioneer 16x DVD Burner $36.99
• Sony IDE DVD-ROM $19.99

TOTAL: $1055.42
This is a relatively high performance system, but not a gaming rig, and should have plenty of headroom for multiple virtual OS guests. The reason I have 3 250gb disks is to run [software] RAID-5 on them (with LVM on top of that).
Sorry -- didn't mean to drift so far off-topic from the original post.