You might have guessed that I'm keen on virtualization technology. I see its usefulness as falling into a number of categories, from a useful test and development environment, through to improving and making better use of your hardware environment.

For that latter purpose, there are some good tips on Understanding Virtualization.

There's also another virtualization product on the horizon that I haven't investigated fully yet. Parallels. A Test Drive is available at Newsforge, and you can download a 45-day free trial at the Parallels website.