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dont buy stuff.. you can try installing windows first, just limit it's partition in the installer, then install linux on the rest of the space. it should work. and to paraphrase chad, linux is free, if your time costs nothing. it can be a pain to handle, primarily because of the conrtol over things that you get. you cant make NTFS partitions from linux, and NTFS is read only under linux. FAT32 is a good alternative to NTFS in a dual-boot situation, as linux can make the FAT partition, it can also read/write from it. personally, I like having a FAT partiton as well as an ntfs for windows, ntfs being strictly windows/programs and the fat being music/projects/etc. ntfs copies/deletes files fast, as well as never requiring a scandisk and rarely needs a defrag. you just need windows for vb, right? you can always run vmware, but it will be slow.