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I really appreciate the great battery life and build quality that Macbooks offer, however these compatibility issues (supposedly) scare me a bit. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
P.S. - Do softwares like Acrobat or other apps from Adobe work fine?
Pro (expensive) tip: Invest in MS Office for MacOS, because the "lesser features" and glitches you may encounter are often a result of using a bootleg/spoof version of MSWord for MacOS. Get the real one, and you'll be fine.
1. As mentioned, Word is better on Windows.
2. Keyboard shortcuts change completely, and not all of them work as smoothly for the blind as on Windows, especially as the text to speech (screen reader) being used changes.
3. A blind Windows user would have to go through a long and often painful transition process to get used to a macOS.
4. Important: WhatsApp Web/Desktop, and these are my friend's words, not mine, is "totally jank" on mac. This is important as some blind people (like me) find it harder to type at reasonable speed on phone compared to laptop. Because of this, WhatsApp is already hard enough to use. Do you want the headache to increase?
Outlook is also better on windows than MacOS, more features, especially certain super important features like justified alignment - are not available on MacOS, imagine this, as a lawyer sending emails which are not even aligned properly. Even A0's don't make that mistake. This one point alone is reason enough for rejecting Mac tbh.
That being said, yes the fantastic build quality, long battery life, superb display, near zero lags or glitches - I do see the allure, I myself love mac, just that for my lawyer work stuff it's not a good fit. Windows is better suited to what we do.
Overall, a Macbook will likely last you longer than a Windows machine, so the need to upgrade frequently is substantially reduced.