Apologies...its been a while since I used VMWare and I got some of the terms mixed up.
1) I'll trim fat when I get back
2) So please confirm
a) There is VMware Fusion for the MBA. And I can use it free for eval (30day something)
b) There is VMware Workstation for the Intel IBM Thinkpad and it is also free for eval.
c) If I get really lazy, I can use VM Convertor to take the bloated XP image from my Thinkpad and use that to start with...
Thanks