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Desktop virtualization can be of huge benefit on the desktop  In
past blogs, I’ve discussed some of the big-picture benefits for
server virtualization. This week, I wanted to give some thought
to the concept of desktop virtualization. Of the two
technologies, the desktop variety has been much slower to take
off in the marketplace, and frankly, there are some good reasons
for that.  In both cases, the fundamental underlying technology
operates on the same basic principle: By uncoupling the
operating system and application software layers from the binary
code layer that actually operates the chip-level hardware, you
can accomplish some cool things. Perhaps the number one benefit
is being able to create the illusion of multiple independent
physical machines (AKA “virtual” machines) all living side by
side on a single hardware platform. These virtual machines can
lead diverse and independent lives, being dedicated to various
tasks and even running on