Virtualizing Windows on Ubuntu

[David Kramer]

So let's say I have a dual boot laptop (and I do), and I'm tired of half
of it being used by an OS that I boot up maybe three times a year (and I
am).

What would I have to bring to the Installfest to get a virtual copy of
Windows running under Linux, so I can fire it up on demand without
rebooting?  This would mostly be for using IE, and business apps, not
gaming.  In a perfect world, I would be able to sync to my Windows
Mobile phone with the VM, but I'm not sure that it can do that.  Can it?

I do not have enough knowledge of the various vm options, so any insight
would be appreciated.  I am more interested in getting it working than
in getting the ultimate in performance.

I know the chipset matters, so I'll mention that my Dell Latitude D820
has a Core 2 Duo T7200  @ 2.00GHz.  cpuinfo flags are "fpu vme de pse
tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts
acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs
bts pni monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr lahf_lm"

http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=2994&review=Dell+Latitude+D820

Thanks.

Oh, I'm also interested in getting vpn to my server working.