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If your computer is reasonably fast (I have managed this on a dual core, but it did have 16G ram), you can run windows in a virtual machine and use whatever software you want. You could also try wine, though I would pirate it first to see if it works if you want to do that. Virt-manager is a good tool for virtual machines, but you may want to try virtualbox as it is more beginner friendly.
I have previously used VirtualBox successfully. I am really trying to stay away from Windows if at all possible. If I absolutely had to I might run a VM with WinXP or Vista just for it