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VMWare lets you create other virtual computers inside your existing running OS. I used it on a single P2-350 with Linux as the host OS (running on real computer) and Win2k as a guest OS (running in virtual machine). Great for when you need to test stuff on different versions of OSes, or other things that aren't compatable with eachother, like IE5.5, IE6 and IE7 if you do web development. As a bonus, older crashprone versions of Windows (95, 98, ME) run much better on virtual hardware. There is also a free vmware player that has all sorts of "appliance" machines available, like a secure browser (bsd based, etc).
The VMware server is free now, as is player, and you can get a short term eval of workstation for an email address. I'd recommend checking it out. Works good.
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