The exploding cement truck was my previous favorite. This just became my new favorite! Seeing that sled jump down the track like that was great.

I've been doing this for a couple of months now and it works great. I have 32-bit XP installed in a VM. My dev tools and VPN software run fine. I'm using VirtualBox because it's free and the performance has been better for me than VMWare. My machine has 4GB of RAM and a 256 MB video card and I have no problems running the VM.

Nelviticus wrote:

have to point out that the edition of VirtualBox with the virtual SATA controller isn't free, except for personal/evaluation use.

Actually, according to item 6 on the VirtualBox licensing FAQ[^], an individual can use the non-OSE version. To save a click, here's what it says: Personal use is when you install the product on one or more PCs yourself and you make use of it (or even your friend, sister and grandmother). It doesn't matter whether you just use it for fun or run your multi-million euro business with it. Also, if you install it on your work PC at some large company, this is still personal use. However, if you are an administrator and want to deploy it to the 500 desktops in your company, this would no longer qualify as personal use. Well, you could ask each of your 500 employees to install VirtualBox but don't you think we deserve some money in this case? We'd even assist you with any issue you might have.