[ShadowAce]

Try a Live CD for testing purposes and see if it works like you want it to.

If it doesn't, then no harm, no foul. It won't touch your installed Windows at all.

[FreedomOfExpression]

Try a Live CD for testing purposes and see if it works like you want it to.

If trebb's experiences with Linux are anything like mine, a live CD won't tell the full story. In my case there is at least one program I really need that requires Windows and is not available for Mac or Linux, and there are no alternatives.
Getting it set up after copying a command line you find in a forum somewhere is nice. After a few update cycles, something changes so that the program no longer can be launched. Try to find a solution online again and hope it works. Rinse, repeat.
I had other errors after updates as well.

I cut my teeth on DOS and can understand how to move around and get stuff done in that environment if I ever need to, but most Linux commands make little sense to me.

[trebb]

Thanks for that link - have used such before but it’s been a while.