Your main VM purpose?

VMware workstation:
isolated sandbox.
ESX test environment and patch validation
ESX development and scripting.

VirtualPC:
Win98 gaming box.

VMware server:
Backup domain controller on my linux machine.
 
Mac user here. I'm using VMWare Fusion for:

1. Windows XP, Visual Basic.NET 2003
2. Windows Server 2003, Visual Studio 2008 Pro, SQL Server 2000
3. Linux distro I wanna try out/play with
4. Bootcamp partition - Windows 7 (but I rarely boot it in Fusion)
 
showing off to friends that I can have 6+ different os's running at once...

...but really, same reasons as some other people: running programs in a controlled environment that may mess up your system and/or running programs that aren't compatible with vista

using zune/itunes in a VM is an interesting idea...but can you actually sync a zune/ipod to a VM..?

my vm's
VMware: OSX 10.2
VirtualPC: win2k, winXP, winVista, win7, Ubuntu, SuSE
 
I started using vm (XP)at work after my last workstation died to use software that doesn't have full compatibility with vista. Saved us from a $5000 software upgrade, or a format with a XP pro disk purchase.

I also use it to screw around with *nix at home.
 
Home(ESXi):
-Proof of concept lab for iSCSI/ESX/general testing. Mainly because my company is too cheap to invest in a testing lab.
-Content delivery for my VMC/Extender devices.

Work(VC/ESX):
-Sandboxing application servers without spending a ton on dedicated hardware.
-Creating a HA environment for production critical services without the use of costly and flaky clustering offerings.
-Quick deployment of new servers.
 
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