DSA & MacBooks

Hi there, I know this has been asked a few times on here, but there's never been much response from people who have actually received DSA.

I'm severely visually impaired...

I really, really struggle with windows. From the extra clutter to the (to me) confusing start menu and buttons. I find it really hard to navigate. I've tried a few times but I can never grasp it.

I've been using an old MacBook Pro (a 2009 one) that is my mothers that I've been taking to college with me to make notes on. My teachers allow me to take pictures of class notes so I can look at them later, and I can just airdrop these to my mac from my phone. I also know how to use all the little shortcuts and have a lot of accessibility features turned on. Theres a lot of reasons why I love the computer I have...

The only issue is, I doesn't hold a charge any more, and It's slow as heck, let alone that it's not even mine...

My course is also computer science which I'm aware uses UNIX a lot (I start next year and I've been researching a lot) (the mac runs on UNIX)

So I know it's expensive and I know that there may be a lot of people here claiming that 'I want a macbook just for status' or whatever, but I'm from a household with very low income etc. but I'd rather not go into detail.

Like I say, this MacBook is super old, but there are a lot of features on it, which I find extremely useful, as well as after trying out one of my friends MacBooks (the new one), there'sa even more features which appear to be of use to me compared to windows.

What is the likelihood of getting a MacBook Pro 16 inch through DSA. (Yes, I said pro because I need the bigger screen and that's a genuine issue I have with phones and such, I can barely use them)

If anyone has got one in the past, please let me know, and if anyone has just been accepted, was it an easy process, is there anything i should mention other than the issues I have with Windows (I have made a list in prep for next weeks assessment)

Thanks

Do you know how much I can expect to get towards it? Or whether I can do something like offset the payment until i get my maintenance loan, something like that? Or can I wait to buy the computer until after I receive my maintenance loan for the first trimester?

Sorry for another question. Do you think It may be possible to get a further discount considering i REQUIRE a larger screen because of my visual impairment? Ort do you think they wouldn't be lenient with this?