See, that’s an adventure for months of late night tinkering.

Or just boot Windows and it will auto detect everything just fine. Done and done.

Not everyone is an adventurer. Most people just want to get on with it.

You’re right in that case - most “granny” users just need a browser and maybe a printer. Don’t need Windows, you could probably run that on a Raspberry.

The catch is when they want more, like their VoIP App that only hat Mac and Windows installers, or some arcane HP scanner with 32 bit Windows 7 drivers. Or they are competent and want an actual full MS Office suite including Excel formulas and functions; Calc is still not on par. Or, kicker, if they actually need to exchange Office files with others without lossy conversions.

I am certain that the software has improved a lot in 20 years.

Back then it was a bold move. Today, doable? I’ll be following this.