[John Rogers]

When I teach computer classes to adults, many of them come to class with MacBook computers and ALL of them have troubles with running Windows in a virtual box or VM setup on their computers. In all cases I first ask if they read the requirements and install manual and about 75% say no but their friend told them how to do it! Their issues usually result from one or more of several possible issues: RAM to small, not enough disk space allocated, trying to run a program that won't run in Windows normally anyways and IF they get the VM running and Microsoft Office running, they never record what they did and soon enough change something so everything goes bad again. The fact that in all cases the schools I teach at tell all the students that they will have to use certain software such as Excel or Access and if they have a MacBook or other product such as Linux based, ETC, to get the issues ironed out by the end of the introduction class. If they do not do that and end up not being able to run Oracle XE or Excel or other software when the time comes they fail!

Sooooo my suggestion is to but a cheap, used laptop to run Windows 7/8/10 with the software they need to use such as Microsoft Access or Excel and sell it after they get done with the school classes. The price of a dedicated Windows laptop is much cheaper than all the headaches they will end up going through starting out with a Mac laptop.