I walked away ((Ran!) from windoze over 20 years ago due to being just too damn tired of hacking the Registry to make it do what I wanted it to do and having to reformat the machines every year or so because they got corrupted or just weird. Went to Apple and converted the windoze boxes to Linux and never went back.
Now Windows is just too new and different and I really don't have the energy or desire to learn another new OS. Happy with Apple and it does what I want, reliably and without issue.
You’ll be pleased to know Win10/11 is much more reliable now - I only rarely have to reach for regedit!
Agree with Chris - an old work laptop or $180 Amazon special might be worth the investment. Especially if you don’t like the idea of a pricey Apple device in a garage!
PS: UTM for Mac is a “free” / open source means of running Win on Mac but will only virtualise Win for ARM on M chip Macs ie recent ones - UTM has an emulator mode for Win on x86 but haven’t tried it… (nb: it’s “free” in that you don’t need to pay for the VM capability, but if you activate the Win license you still need a Win license code). I suspect Protune will dislike running on Win for ARM.
