“Macs can run more software than PCs can,”
Simply not true
Really?
If I partition a modern mac and install Win 7 in one partition, and a brand of Linux in another, plus the partition that runs OSX — I can run any and all software made for each of those OSs in native modes with no hacks to make them work as they are designed.
You cannot install OSX on a cheap pc without major hacks — plus, if you do it will not run as designed - things will break like printing,
If you spend the same amount for a windows based OS as you do for a mac then running a virtual machine is not a problem. Thing is you don’t need to. The software you need is already there for a windows machine. The main reason I run VM is to run open source software for linux or increase resource utilization.
you ended business viablity with “If I...”
Business environment wants guaranteed compatability and integration with other computers.
“If I...” means down time untill the lazy weirdo from IT comes up and figures out an entirrely avoidable problem.