I also agree with using VitrualBox. I am a Mac user and have had great success running both Windows and Linux in a box. One of my clients upgraded to a MacBook Pro and is now running Mac and Windows side by side. The one Windows app that he needed to run actually is faster on the Mac in VirtualBox then it was on his Dell. The Dell was also a dual core processor but it was about 1.5 years old. VBox is easy to install and a dream to manage.
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I also agree with using VitrualBox. I am a Mac user and have had great success running both Windows and Linux in a box. One of my clients upgraded to a MacBook Pro and is now running Mac and Windows side by side. The one Windows app that he needed to run actually is faster on the Mac in VirtualBox then it was on his Dell. The Dell was also a dual core processor but it was about 1.5 years old. VBox is easy to install and a dream to manage.