Considering Buying a Mac

If you’re switching to the mac because of the inaccessibility of Windows appS, you may need to think of it again. Windows Provides alternatives to the apps that you may find inaccessible, while on the Mac you are restricted to what you have.

As mentioned above there are pros and cons to switching from Windows to Mac. Please, please search this site thoroughly because there are about a million posts on this same exact subject.

I switched from Windows to Mac. It was never supposed to be a long term solution (I bought an M1 MacBook Air base model for app development, and realized it was better than my older, more expensive windows computer so I sold it). I don't regret that decision at all. It has served me well through everything I have needed to do.

I switched to the Mac a couple of /months ago. I use it for fun but also to run my business. Office works well on it. Also I use VLC media player. it is much more realiable than Windows. The disadvantages with VO are worth it. Just remember that it is not Windows.

Like with everything there's pros and cons.

I've been using Mac OS on and off since 2011 and only recently managed to get to a point where I am able to completely make the switch.

Like poster above said you need to memorize way more shortcut key combinations than in windows sometimes requiring four fingers for one action which is not ideal.

Mac OS is definitely more polished/user friendly than windows but Voiceover takes some getting used to and the browser experience isn't perfect (but very close).

Take a look at
https://www.applevis.com/forum/macos-mac-apps/issue-keeping-me-moving-mac-permanently

If you do decide to switch make sure to get a M1 mac as it's a big step up from my previous Mac experiences...

I used to be a full-time Windows user but I couldn't take how unreliable JAWS got anymore so I switched to MacOS last year. I find VoiceOver on MacOS a lot easier to customize than a screen reader like JAWS or NVDA, and a Mac usually won't crash if it is reasonably powerful. There is one caveat; as others have stated, word processing and presentation editing don't work too well on MacOS, and the gestures required to navigate can be cumbersome at times. Also, there are many blind-related applications that are Windows-exclusive (audio games, update utilities for Braille displays, etc), so make sure you can get by without them before changing your operating system. If you value ecosystem integration and are confident that you can get your work done on other devices in case something happens, I recommend getting a Mac (if you can, I also recommend trying to use one for the things you need to do before purchasing). Hope this helps.

Apps from the App Store may or may not be accessible, but isn't that the case with all screen readers. Many people say they do not like the Mac. True it does need more fingers to perform tasks. I think old Windows users do not want to learn new things. Tasks become muscle memories, in a short time the BoiceOver commands become reflexive, and natural to use. I have been using Macs for ten years now, and find them satisfactory for all my computer needs.

I absolutely love my mac. I like that you can use the keyboard commander to set up tasks for things that might, like others have said, require a more complicated gesture. Plus being able to launch apps and such with just the press of a hotkey. I know this is also possible in Windows, but never learned how to do it.
As far as word processing, I used Pages through college, and that was before they had put much work in to it, but even then, I was able to get decent looking documents from it, and able to export to word, so it really works well.
As far as content creation, I have done audio editing on both Windows using both APH Studio Recorder and Goldwave, and on the mac using Amadeus Pro. The stuff I have done on the mac sounds way better. No question about it.
The problem is that many people are looking at this as either or, when there are those of us who use and love both. I run an online radio station. All of the tools I use for that are only Windows compatible. But unless you have one of the new M1 macs, Bootcamp is amazing, and you can do the things that work well for you on the mac side, and easily switch if you run in to something that gives you problems. I know there are some on this site who have been able to go through Bootcamp setup on their own, but at least to get set up, I needed sighted help. But once up and running, it works like a charm. Just remember which os you are using. I can't count the times I've gone to do something in Windows and wait, it doesn't behave as expected, and oh duh, I was using the Mac Voiceover command.
I definitely like the greater device integration. I really really want one of the M1 macs, but can't do that until they get bootcamp working. But the advantage there with the new macs is that they can also run IOS apps, which gives you a lot more options. But even a 2015 MacBook pro like mine, with an i5, 16 gb of ram, and an ssd performs incredibly well, and should continue to do so for a few more years.