Above is a first 4mins slimed down clip for those short attention sampler to get a quick idea what can be done with the VMware Virtualization Suite. :)
Do visit http://www.vi3demo.com for the full 18mins hi-res version (105MB).
Personally I have been using VMware for all sorts of products testing and evaluation, especially there are wealth of free pre-built, pre-configured and ready-to-run virtual software application to fiddle with when you have too much time to spare.
Moreover my PoorMan home < > internet network is running the trusty dedicated virtualized m0n0wall firewall under the Free VMware Player too.