Yes, and I do use the terminal for a lot of things, but right now I'm doing some apt testing and I need a small debian install, easiest way to create all of the situations I needed to test.
At work I'll often ssh into a machine while a user is logged in just to do some work in the background. I don't have to interrupt the user, and in some situations, I'll close programs or deliver commands to discourage the behavior (I work in a public school, enough said
) and it usually results in the student returning to work.
I'm running the virtualization in OSX, and I do most of my computing in OSX, but for CS:S or the upcoming GTA4:PC, I wanted Vista around. I just wanna run Crysis already and see how it looks, oh well, next paycheck.