I just switched my virtualization environment to Windows 8 Dev Preview.... The new hyper-v stack included bests Server 2008 r2 for local dev work (allows use of wireless network connections for virtual switches)... after years of VMware usage, i can say that hyper-v has finally passed workstation (and esx with server 8)... life isn't that complicated!
I would recommend a laptop with i7 or better and max out the ram. All you need besides your personal machine is an external hard drive (usb3 would be nice) for the vhd images. I simply converted my machine to a vhd and now run as a vm (dev env 1)... Then keep a separate vm for each project of significance.
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I just switched my virtualization environment to Windows 8 Dev Preview.... The new hyper-v stack included bests Server 2008 r2 for local dev work (allows use of wireless network connections for virtual switches)... after years of VMware usage, i can say that hyper-v has finally passed workstation (and esx with server 8)... life isn't that complicated! I would recommend a laptop with i7 or better and max out the ram. All you need besides your personal machine is an external hard drive (usb3 would be nice) for the vhd images. I simply converted my machine to a vhd and now run as a vm (dev env 1)... Then keep a separate vm for each project of significance.