Can i install windows on a mac book air?, if i can, do you recomend it?

I want to buy a new macbook air but i need to use windows, but i dont know if i can install it on a macbook air and if i can install it, is it fast? Do you recomend it?

You can but if it's on a disc you would need a way to get it to your MacBook Air such as a USB Superdrive.
For the recomendation I can't really say but if you use programs that only work/work better on Windows then sure. All the Macs I put Windows on worked fine but you should consider the 8GB of RAM upgrade for the MacBook if you plan to run both at once.

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