Mac as part of a WFH setup

Is Mac in a WFH setup feasible? I’ve heard of software that allows Macs to use MS Office with windows functionality. Anyone looked into this / has experience?

It’s my first week on the desk, I’m buying a WFH setup. I’m planning to get a nice monitor, keyboard, and mouse. My bank doesn’t buy laptops for new analysts. I have a Macbook Pro. It’s a great computer and I’ve had it for a while, and I want to hook it up to my WFH setup.

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Shortcuts aren’t the same. Learning for both pc and Mac a waste of time. Ur firm will give u a work laptop u can use for wfh

 
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Firm isn't providing a WFH laptop unfortunately.

Does this mean you don't have to WFH when not in the office?

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Agree w/ [Humongo_Banana_Man] - trying to get both will cost you additional time. I'm pretty pro-Mac and initially fought against Windows, but conceded shortly into my career. I have the M2 chip Mac for my personal laptop, that's about it. Don't really use Excel or work-related stuff on the Mac (besides checking work emails and stuff), so I get by. 

You'll make your life easier if you just concentrate your work-related things into one OS, pretty much always Windows. Trust me.

 
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