John, Absolutely, but with the usual caveats that you never know how long the used equipment will last, who owned it before you, and how much hidden baggage comes along with the machine. As a person who has always kept too many machines around, I’ve recently started eliminating as much electronic clutter from my life as possible, so I can see merits in both approaches. I guess it all depends on where your tolerance for inconvenience lies, as neither solution comes without cost.
Take care, Ron Banks On 9/29/17, 12:36 PM, "John Mardinly" <lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu on behalf of john.mardi...@asu.edu> wrote: Ron; Thank you for the informed comments. However, by the time you acquire Parallels or VmWare Fusion plus a copy of Windows, might it be cheaper and less hassle to just purchase a cheap laptop on Ebay, Craig’s list or whatever? A. John Mardinly, Ph.D., P.E. Classical Guitarist/Lutenist To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html