Can I ask what you’re using? I tried virt-manager with a win 10 installation and it barely works. Granted an i5 5200U is not beefy by any means but at 100% CPU usage everything just stutters.
I would switch in a heartbeat if MS office would be on Linux. I have tried all alternatives, including MS office online and I always encounter some kind of formatting fuck up. That’s just not acceptable for my job.
I have no experience with latex but I would argue that if you’re proficient in using word you can set up even a large document effectively. Most people just don’t bother. But things like page break, as a basic example, exist.
This isn’t to say that word is better than latex, again I have no experience with the latter, but word in 2023 is better than it’s reputation imo.