I know the heading sounds a ‘tabloid-ish’ but this is amazing — Ben Rudolph’s post over at the Parallels Virtualization Blog really makes you stop and smile at the everyday uses of virtualization:

Eric has type I diabetes, and uses an insulin pump to control his condition. As with many medical devices, the software that powers it is Windows-only. Eric has a Mac. Rather than buy a new computer, Eric uses Windows XP in Parallels Desktop [and the inbuilt USB to serial support] to keep his insulin pump running, and keep himself healthy.

Hear him talk about it in his own words on youtube. He explains it much better than me:

Words fail me - Wow.