A plug for a new MacBook Pro running Windows in a VM. My MacBook Pro is 6 years old and looks and performs like new. Best purchase I ever made. A shout-out to Ed and others for making this recommendation many years ago.
Is that a user-friendly thing? As in, the user should be able to start it up and never have to take any extra steps to get to a Windows desktop beyond what s/he would do if it was running Windows natively. These machines are for field workers who don't know, or care, anything about computers as a thing in themselves.
But we also have to maintain these devices, and nobody on my staff has any significant Mac maintenance experience, so it might not be a prudent option for us anyway.
Thanks.
Ken