Visual Web Developer is free, you only need a .net passport account to get the registration key.<p>Here's my config to debug IE insanities:<p>Debian with VirtualBox<p>Internet Explorer Application Compatibility VPC Image
<a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=21EABB90-958F-4B64-B5F1-73D0A413C8EF&displaylang=en" rel="nofollow">http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=21E...</a><p>And Visual Web Developer Express.
Very very helpful, especially as someone who still has to work in ie6 and 7. I've been trying to set this up for some time and have never found a good, straightforward tutorial regarding how to get this working.