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Renting a Mac?
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BTW to return to the original question and for the benefit of future researchers, there are various "Mac in the Cloud" type services that seem pretty affordable.0
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Assuming the OP is buying a modern machine with an M series processor then they will be limited to running Windows ARM via VM. Direct X12 doesn't, OpenGL above 3.3 doesn't and certain IMEs don't work with Windows ARM.Martin_the_Unjust said:You can run windows virtually in a Mac which would allow you to run any of your must have windows specific programs.
https://www.howtogeek.com/869687/how-to-run-windows-on-a-mac/
If they are buying an older Intel machine (I wouldn't) then they can use VM or Bootcamp for Intel version of Windows.0
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