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I'd like to never boot into Windows again. I have VirtualBox installed where I can install Windows 11 if I need to but is there anything that it(Windows on a VM) wouldn't be able to do like accessing hardware devices? Thanks in advance

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[–] FriendBesto@lemmy.ml 4 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

I did, and that was a while ago. However, I would say that it would depend on what your degree is on. I had to do a lot of writing so it was fine for 99.99% of the time.

At one point all my assignments were handed in PDF format. A practice that I still do today as a professional. If you must hand in via Word, you may have some issues unless you run MS-Office somewhere. As there is always the risk of minor formatting issues.

For those rare times, maybe use their library or comp. Lab.

[–] nagaram@startrek.website 3 points 16 hours ago

I mean you can always use the web version of office for 'free" with a Microsoft account. There's a 100% chance your paper gets used to train AI but still