Pro Tools in VM?

I know that protools is a very finicky program and needs certain things to function properly. I was reading the debate about Pro Tools running on 64 bit systems. I have a desktop that has a 64 bit quad core with just over 8 GBs or ram that am planning on doubling soon. I am running Windows 7 RC and Fedora 11 as a dual boot. I was wondering if a possible solution for running pro tools on my system would be a Virtual Machine. Is this even possible? I wasn't sure if the VM would be able to recognize the MBox Mini that I have if it was running on a 32bit XP VM. If anyone has successfully tried this, I would be greatful. Thanks!

Actually that's not true . Currently I am running Windows 7 64-Bit and had ran into the same 64-Bit issue which I was unaware of. Using my head I immediately thought of running a virtual machine with the windows xp platform since I had had no issue's with pro tools on this operating system. I installed pro tools le 8 perfectly fine and my system has only 4GB of ram. I allocated a little over half to give most of the ram to the virtual machine ONLY when I use it so it works out great for me. I allocated 50 GB of space for use with other audio software and plugin's so I can keep them in one place. If you need help I could assist you in the installation process. I insist this works and I can post pictures to prove it :) I definately cant live without my pro tools when it comes to my music. They really need to get a grip on the 64-Bit architecture. Anyways I just wanted to throw my two cents in. Hope it helps you.

Hey Demize... Ive been wondering about this for a while too... I have some plug ins that are not Win7 friendly, so currently I am running a dual-boot setup... win7 64 and winXP. Using VM, do you run into any issues installing or using any plug ins? Do you notice a hit in performance as compared to running in a native WinXP setup?

Hello Demize, My computer is a MAC book pro retina, and I'm running MAC OS X 10.9.5, unfortunately I bought Mbox 3 that came with Protools LE 8.0.4, I have been looking for help in order to install a windows XP virtual machine and that way try to run protools without having to upgrade to PT 11 and pay 200 bucks, could you please provide some assistance on how did you make it work??