thought this would be of interest here.
ive just set up my laptop as a vst host taking a ton of processing power away from my pc
using a program called "fxteleport" which basically runs as a vst host over a LAN network - no latency at all as your daw software will compensate if it has PDC
http://www.fx-max.com/fxt/
also using a little program called "synrgy" which lets me use my pc mouse and keyboard on the laptop simply by pushing my mouse off the side of my main monitor(kinda like a remote desktop)!! this is outstanding whilst also running fx teleport and uses up little or no visible network bandwidth.
http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/about.html
just thought some of you that havent quite updated to 5,000 quad core x64 22 million gigs of ram, would have an interest in these little gems