Best Hard Drive Set Up For A New Linux Box?

I'm thinking of having a new PC custom built and then having Kubuntu
12.04 installed on the hard drive.

Shopping around, it seems like 1 TB hard drives are the norm.

I would also like to install a virtual machine on this new PC to run
Windows for the occasional use where I just can't get something on
Linux ( for example, streaming Netflix ). I would also like to be
able to experiment with the occasional "new" linux distro, without
jeopardizing my main Kubuntu install or VM set up.

I know I should ask the PC builder to give me a swap partition ( how
much on a TB hard drive? ).

Any other advice on how to lay the partitions out?

A friend at work suggested multiple hard drives, he said they could be
set up so that I wouldn't have to dual boot. Is there any values in
this?

Thanks much in advance for any tips

Steve
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