personally i dont have anything against linux, but i still feel more comfortable working in windows, and i can work a tad faster too, anyways im closer to administrator level than a normal user level so it can be that...
enough rants, VMWARE? well could be... VIRTUALPC? also can be... PARALLELS? great, not very known and somewhat new so theres a lack of functions still, but surprisingly fast and cheap, BUT the best combination to have both win and linux IMHO is running a windows machine & COLINUX, also not very known, but excellent -- <http://forum.pspad.com/read.php?2,29089,29194> PSPad freeware editor http://www.pspad.com
