It looks like PC maker Dell is climbing onboard the virtualization train with its consumer PC division. It has been confirmed that Dell is developing a consumer PC line that will run multiple versions of Microsoft Windows and Linux software at the same time using virtualization platforms to perform the magic. Dell is partnering with VMware and SWsoft on their latest quest, and these virtualization enabled PCs co It looks like PC maker Dell is climbing onboard the virtualization train with its consumer PC division.It has been confirmed that Dell is developing a consumer PC line that will run multiple versions of Microsoft Windows and Linux software at the same time using virtualization platforms to perform the magic.Dell is partnering with VMware and SWsoft on their latest quest, and these virtualization enabled PCs could go on sale as early as next year. And in a similar fashion to what Parallels and VMware Fusion did for the Intel-based Mac community, this could give the Linux operating system a boost from consumers who want to use the open source software but don’t want to lose out on what Microsoft’s Windows platforms offer.While speaking at the Linuxworld Conference in San Francisco, Dell’s CTO Kevin Kettler confirmed the news. And when asked whether or not these machines would be able to run Apple’s OS X software, Kettler told reporters “I can’t speculate on that.” He added, “Virtualization is very powerful. It’s an environment that would allow many different operating systems to coexist. You can interpret that however you like.” Software Development