How does Windows perform under a VM under Linux? Can it do any heavy lifting?
It really depends on your hardware, I guess.
My workplace uses 5,000-6,000 Windows VMs for some serious work. But the hardware is quite beefy as well.
Believe it, or not, Most programs run FASTER running through VM on Linux. It even BOOTS in about 10% of the time it would a normal boot.. at least on my system.
Most of that is because Linux isn’t the resource hog Winblows is.