Vmware fusion/windows 7 for windows programming

I need to use a Mac and a Windows machine for teaching introductory CS classes - programming in java, web development, programming in visual basic and c#, etc.
I have a 17" MBP running vmwareand windows 7.
So far it runs the following perfectly: ms office applications, dr. java, webuilder (web editor), etc. As far as I have tested it so far it is running Visual Basic flawlessly but I've only run a couple of programs.
Does anyone here have EXTENSIVE experience running:
Java
MS C#
MS Visual Basic
NetBeans
Apache
PHP
and other similar environments
in a VMWare Fusion window with Windows 7 installed?
Much thanks

Yes. I'm running Visual Studio, MS SQL Server, Apache/iiS (with PHP and MySql) NetBeans, Eclipse, WebBuilder, ExpressionWeb4, and several other SDKs and IDEs. No problems over about two years. Windows 7 64 bit, Fusion.

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I have a MacBook Pro:
Processor:2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
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