I configured my Lenovo 4 gigs/64bit 2.2 ghr dual core as Windows server standard 2008 workstation for my new RIA development machine
So far I have followed keith Comb's posthttp://blogs.technet.com/keithcombs/archive/2008/02/01/installing-windows-server-2008-ee-on-a-lenovo-thinkpad-t61p.aspx
As well as Ohad's Blog post:
http://weblogs.asp.net/israelio/archive/2008/02/21/windows-server-2008-as-workstation.aspx
I also downloaded and installed winamp 5.54 x86 so I can listen to http://deepmix.ru/
http://www.winamp.com/player/free-download-full?lang=en-us
I had to associate the file extenstion .pls to load with winamp exe which is located here: C:\Program Files (x86)\Winamp\winamp.exe (It is good to have some tunes when coding ;)
Ohad references Microsoft KB article 947036 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947036 How to enable Windows Vista user experience features on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 which is also a great reference.
I also installed silverlight 1.0 when I browsed over to Channel 9 http://channel9.msdn.com/shows/Going+Deep/John-Sheehan-Inside-Application-Virtualization/ ... I had to close the browser instance and reload channel 9 for it to work.
I have also installed the full Office 2007 suite and Visual studio 2008 team suite without any issues.
One thing to note is NOT to enable Hyper V as this will disable the laptop's ability to sleep.
Overall the I really like the setup and the performance is great. (A lot better than the 32 bit Vista image I had loaded before.)
Cheers,Hans