Mac vs. Surface

I'm a rising junior that has accepted a 2021 SA offer. My Mac that i've been using for 2 years is breaking and I have to buy a new one now - i'm stuck between a macbook pro and a microsoft surface. I've always liked apple and would prefer the mac but obviously know the downfalls of excel on mac or running parallels/bootcamp. If i'm going to get a work laptop (hopefully) is it fine to just get a mac moving forward for school and personal use?

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"Prospect in IB-M&A" If i'm going to get a work laptop (hopefully) is it fine to just get a mac moving forward for school and personal use?

Yes - 100%.

I always have a lenovo for work and a macbook pro for personal use.

Best of both worlds.

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