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Originally Posted by theducks
 Linux does well on way less hardware that current versions of Windows.
That said, you need to just make best use of the properties of each OS platform.
As a professional, you WANT to have a spare/alternate system handy. Down time is a disaster. For those tasks not easy to accomplish under Linux, Sneakernet to the other OS (assumes you don't have them networked together)
 Keeping a handy flash drive that boot Linux (Mint  ), has helped me rescue more than 1 Windows gone bad system  |
Thanks ducks. I went forever without Windows, but now that I have it I really like the flexibility it gives me. Still love Linux's speed and simplicity a lot more than Windows, though. And yeah, like you said, the backup capability is a real plus too.