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i'm not saying that you should use a VM if everything on your PC requires windows... only if one specific app you sometimes need doesn't work on linux!
as someone studying foreign languages for example, i know that if i want to do translation, i'll have to use windows for some specific proprietary cat software. but i don't spend my whole time in a cat software! i would also need to work with email, and some projects would require me to use a browser-based tao software, and in those cases, i'd much prefer being on linux to use things like a better japanese input, tiling window management if on a laptop, and generally, not having to deal with advertisments!
Okay that's fair.