If you're on Windows, need to use OS X, but don't want to buy or build a new computer, reader Bobby Patton shows us how to run Snow Leopard in a vir ...

Although we're using Windows 7 64-bit as our base OS, VirtualBox runs on nearly any OS, and these tips and tricks are applicable to any serious VirtualBox setup.

Because of the murky legality of running the client OS in virtualization, I tried to buy Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) Server (part no. MC588Z/A) from the Apple Store.

Other Mac OS X-specific improvements include the addition of ACPI host power status reporting and the ability to pause running VMs when your Mac is put to sleep and resume the paused VMs on wake.