Vmware VS Dual boot for two diferent OS

I am sandbox with Essbase, Planning and HFM on a new machine i just order...The machine is a intel 3610QM I7 Chip Passmark @ 8442.... that has hyperthreading 8 Gb Ram and a 750 GB Hard drive. shipped with window 7
I have not had much luck with the whole VMware thing ..... I have try VMware workstation 9 and other Virtual mahcines ... with not much luck ....so my thought process is to set a dual boot with one OS - Windows 7 and and other OS for my Sandbox using server 2008r2
any thought
Please advise

The Laptop I am getting does not have any partition on it the C: Drive has all 750 gb on it
so i am think to make a disc image with the factory widows 7 information
then do the two partition C: Window F: Server 2008r2 sp1
c: Windows 7
F:Server2008r2 sp1
Essbase, planning and HFM Sand Box
Please advise
Edited by: Next Level on Sep 28, 2012 5:12 AM

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