Originally Posted by vdbucks

It's really the best way to go if your system is powerful enough to handle it and you're either unsure about leaving windows completely, want to get a good feel for linux before making the change, or if you're bound to windows programs.

I personally use virtualbox at the moment, but vmware is pretty good as well albeit a high price tag.

There is one caveat to running a setup like this though, graphics support is quite limited, so it's not the best solution if you want to have a ton of eye candy, or play games and whatnot.