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ROS 2 is perfectly usable for building robots, but it does not yet have the wide range of libraries and nodes that are available for ROS 1. So if you are a beginner at robotics and just want to get a robot moving, ROS 1 will get you there faster and with less pain.
On the other hand, if you want to focus on learning what will eventually be the commonly-used version of ROS, you can access the functionality of existing ROS 1 libraries and nodes by using the ROS 1 bridge. However it's an added complexity that you probably don't want if you are just beginning.
As an additional point, you can run both ROS 1 (thanks to Microsoft) and ROS 2 on Windows natively. I can't remember if the Windows support for Gazebo is working or not, though, so you might still need the VM if you don't have any hardware.
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