[[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.]]
That’s where dual boot comes in handy- VM won’t cut it for programs liek photoshop- you need to run it directly on windows- so my solution was to dual boot- i do all my itnernet stuff during day, then late at night/early morning, i boot into windows and do my photoshop work on my photos, and save all my work to my second hard-drive so i can access the photos in my linux os too-
Thanks!
I will probably need to look up a tutorial on how to set up a computer to dual boot with Windows and Linux. It seems like Mint might have an install option for dual boot, if I remember correctly.
I have had very few problems with Windows, but it's always good to have realistic options.