Windows 2008 as a Workstation
This is definitley old news, however I have using the steps outlined on this site to configure my Windows Server 2008 x64 environment to run as a workstation. It’s been over 2 months since I have been running it and it is just fantastic. Everything works beautifully.
Definitely a great resource in you want to use Windows Server 2008 on your development laptop. Recommended.