Originally Posted by c-bass

I 100% agree with nick about using a Windows laptop. The SSD....not really necessary as this software is OLD and will run just fine with a machine from that era. Personally I wouldn't bother with spending the money for an SSD. I would just put that towards the get myself a "Decent" diagnostic laptop fund.

One of my buddies is a die hard Mac guy and every once in a while he comes up with a project that on paper seems relatively easy but next thing you know...Mac OS version this and that won't work with version whatever of the driver you need etc etc etc

I'm sure If you REALLY want to get it running for a personal reason (read: stubborn like me) you could, but if you're looking to get diagnosing just go the Windows route.

XP, Win7, Win10 doesn't matter. I have each loaded on a laptop and they all work just fine.