There are numerous virtualization technologies out there. I've messed with VMware and Virtual PC before. Recently came across Ulteo Virtual Desktop and gave it a try.
Download size is ~500MB. Installation took about 1hr (might be due to too many things running on the machine.) and 5GB disk space.
The Ulteo runs flawlessly on the machine with Win XP SP2. The applications launch pretty easily without any issue. The only complaint is the launch speed (I would say pretty slow on my office machine, but hey, the machine is an aged Intel Pentium 1.73GHz with 1GB RAM - not exactly pretty). Should run smoother on a higher end machine. Might give it a try on my home machine.
Ulteo Virtual Desktop is based on the coLinux (Cooperative Linux) patch. There is another similar virtual desktop - andLinux - based also on coLinux. Have not tried out this one and think never will.
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