Considering buying MacBook, wish to run windows and Linux with VMware

Considerations:
Which MacBook pro, do they all support virtualization? I7 MacBook pro Retina display was the device I was considering.
What are the other considerations, storage capacity, HD or flash, or simply size?
The operating system I assume would be mountain lion with the mac, I assume thats not an issue.
VMware was the virtualiszation software I was considerring, any others.
Just basic starting information needed, in order to even see if it's possible and which path to take.
Walter

Yes. And with these modern multicore processors, you can dedicate a few cores to the guest OS to improve performance. One thing you must have is lots of RAM; enough to keep both the OS X host and all the guest systems happy. Since a new Mac will sport Mountain Lion inevitably, 8GB is a minimum choice. Remember you can upgrade the RAM (and drive) with third party alternatives far cheaper than what Apple sticks you for it.
Virtualization options are Parallels Desktop (most expensive), VMware Fusion (intermediate) or Oracle VirtualBox (free). The two commercial options are naturally more polished than the freebie, but it is fast catching up.

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