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What is the perfect setup for a development PC: virtual machines or dual boot OS? I’ve recently started a new job and have a fab new PC to go with it. But what would be the ideal setup? I’m thinking about installing VirtualBox to run a number of OSes, as I’d like to keep the base PC clean: Base machine OS is Win 7 Pro 1 – Win 7 pro for actual development with VS 2010 2 – Server 2008 R2 for SQL Server 2008 (as a development server) 3 - Win 7 basic - Test Environment 4 – Win XP - Test Environment Over the years of trying out new software, un/installing, updating etc my PC usually gets a little slow over time… but setting up a number of VMs could help… I'm not sure how a dual boot PC would really help... Your suggestions please :)