I have a surveyor friend who has old "data collectors" and old drawing software. He has to use Windows XP with the old equipment and software. To upgrade his setup to a Windows 10 environment would cost $20K for one seat. I set him up with Ubuntu running Oracle Virtual Box and Windows XP. Works great. I did not turn on network connectivity in Windows XP so his old windows is not vulnerable to attack from the outside. He can browse the internet and send email etc. from Ubuntu.

I had a friend who was adding memory to his Macbook to also add a SSD. Those two additions made "amazing" speed improvements. With the prices of SSD's it is a no brainer. No computer should be without it!

Right on! Had to comment so I could see if my uid qualifies me as an old geezer. Yep!