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by nelsonic 101 days ago
Genuine question: who would buy a MacBook Neo to run Windows on it…? Surely people buying Neo are trying to escape MicroSlop?!
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It’s a lot easier to escape Microsoft if for the one or two tools that still require windows, you can just emulate windows.
My buddy owns several Firehouse restaurants. There’s a couple windows programs he uses to run his businesses. Not having a way to virtualize windows was a show stopper when the ARM Macs came out.

Same with my father in law who’s a general contractor. He uses some freeware estimate program and an extremely old photoshop he got in the early 2000s.

He also went through 2 crappy Amazon bought chrome books for his wife that could barely function. The Air was too pricey.