A home Windows licence only costs that much if you buy a shrink wrap copy. The version bundled with new PCs (OEM) is much cheaper - if you are willing to buy the hardware as you say, the cost of the Windows licence could be as little as $25 of the total cost.
For $299 you can get a good netbook; This one has 160GB of harddrive space, Windows XP Home, 1GB of memory, and is plenty fast for web browsing (I've also run SQL Server for testing on one upgraded to 2GB). If the resolution becomes an issue (1024x600), just plug in an external monitor. As a bonus, it's a tiny machine, so it doesn't take up lots of space like another desktop.
AS mentionned, you can get the Microsoft free VPC Image. Then you convert them to VMWare Images (the server version is free) with VMware vCenter Converter
另一个免费的解决方案是来自 Sun 的 VirtualBox，它能够安装在 Windows XP Home 上（VMWare Server 将不是）。 考虑到您不是 Windows，可能这不是您所需要的，但无论如何，这是另一种选择。
Another free solution is VirtualBox, from Sun, which is able to install on Windows XP Home (which VMWare Server will NOT). Possibly not what you need given you are non-Windows, but in any case it's another option.
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如果您购买收缩包装副本，则家庭 Windows 许可证只需花费这么多钱。 与新 PC (OEM) 捆绑的版本要便宜得多 - 如果您愿意购买您所说的硬件，Windows 许可证的成本可能会低至总成本的 25 美元。
只需 299 美元，您就可以买到一台不错的上网本； 这台电脑有 160GB 硬盘空间、Windows XP Home、1GB 内存，并且浏览网页的速度非常快（我还在一台升级到 2GB 的电脑上运行 SQL Server 进行测试）。 如果分辨率成为问题 (1024x600)，只需插入外部显示器即可。 额外的好处是，它是一台微型机器，因此不会像其他台式机那样占用大量空间。
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A home Windows licence only costs that much if you buy a shrink wrap copy. The version bundled with new PCs (OEM) is much cheaper - if you are willing to buy the hardware as you say, the cost of the Windows licence could be as little as $25 of the total cost.
For $299 you can get a good netbook; This one has 160GB of harddrive space, Windows XP Home, 1GB of memory, and is plenty fast for web browsing (I've also run SQL Server for testing on one upgraded to 2GB). If the resolution becomes an issue (1024x600), just plug in an external monitor. As a bonus, it's a tiny machine, so it doesn't take up lots of space like another desktop.
EEE 900HA XP
如前所述，您可以获得 Microsoft 免费的 VPC 映像。 然后使用 VMware vCenter Converter
AS mentionned, you can get the Microsoft free VPC Image. Then you convert them to VMWare Images (the server version is free) with VMware vCenter Converter
下载虚拟 PC：http: //www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=b07c9ef0-265a-4237-ae3b-25bc8937d40f&displaylang=en
并使用：
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=7c2b5317 -a40f-4e86-8835-d37170c5923e&displaylang=en
编辑：如果您没有 Windows，Virtual PC 可能可以在 Wine 上运行。
Download Virtual PC: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=b07c9ef0-265a-4237-ae3b-25bc8937d40f&displaylang=en
and use this:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=7c2b5317-a40f-4e86-8835-d37170c5923e&displaylang=en
Edit: And if you don't have Windows, Virtual PC may work on Wine.
browsershots.org 应该可以满足基本需求，尽管它只是显示其外观，而不显示任何功能。
browsershots.org should work for basic needs, although it just shows how it looks, not any of the functionality.
VMWare Server 免费提供，并且可用于 Linux。 您仍然需要为 Windows 付费，但不需要额外的硬件。
另外，考虑到除了 XP 之外，您可能还想在 Vista 和 Windows 7 上进行测试。虚拟化是一个很好的选择。
VMWare Server is available for free, and is available for Linux. You'll still have to pay for Windows, but you won't need additional hardware.
Also, consider that in addition to XP, you may also want to test on Vista and Windows 7. Virtualization is a good way to go here.
另一个免费的解决方案是来自 Sun 的 VirtualBox，它能够安装在 Windows XP Home 上（VMWare Server 将不是）。 考虑到您不是 Windows，可能这不是您所需要的，但无论如何，这是另一种选择。
Another free solution is VirtualBox, from Sun, which is able to install on Windows XP Home (which VMWare Server will NOT). Possibly not what you need given you are non-Windows, but in any case it's another option.