So, all of my machines, both virtual and physical, are now up to date w/ the latest versions of their respective OS. But, these days, I have become very attached to my Ubuntu 9.04 laptop which provides everything I have demanded thus far.... So, here is what it looks like:
A few tweaks, applications installed, and voila... And w/ VirtualBox [4] running, I can now try out the latest Windows 7 RC directly here:
Links:
[1] http://pulse.veltsos.com/category/it/open-source-foss
[2] http://pulse.veltsos.com/category/it/softwareoslinux
[3] http://pulse.veltsos.com/category/it/visualization
[4] http://www.virtualbox.com