Originally Posted by Rob

I was just about to suggest this.

It's crazy how many developers still don't use WAMP (or LAMP, which is what I use) to develop sites on their local machines, and then upload when they're fully tested and ready to launch. You can have 50 different themes working at the same time without affecting the integrity of your live site(s). And people can't say it's because of the price because WAMP, LAMP, and MAMP have been free since their inception.

But there's more than one way to skin a cat, heh?