Intel i7 Virtualization with Windows 7 Professional

[cara michelle]

I have a laptop with an Intel i7 720 processor with 6 GBs of memory. I would like to run OpenSolaris as the host OS and run Windows professional as a guest, along with Linux potentially. I understand there are options such as running Virtualbox in a zone or using the xVM hypervisor. (I don't think that containers are an optional; obviously I am new to some of this. I've run OpenSolaris as a guest in Virtualbox on a Windows host.)

Does anyone have experience or recommendations for running Windows 7 as a guest on OpenSolaris?

I've read a lot of material, but am still unsure which are the better options. I do need the full functionality of Windows, having to use several Windows-based desktop apps unavailablel for other operating systems, but wanting the significant benefits of OpenSolaris.

Also have an Intel 5100 wireless network card.

Thanks for any advice and insight.