tech4all said:
Good point. But I always thought animators did that stuff on PCs? I know at my school the animators almost always have their classes in PC labs while graphic designers have the Mac labs.
Depends. We have an a Mac lab, all 3D work is done in lightwave on G5s. There is also a class at the school that deals with gaming, students use lightwave on the Macs and then move to the PCs for creating the interaction.
I am currently taking advanced Maya classes, which the instructor is teaching on a G4 laptop. The required materials for the class included a Maya DVD of which the person conducting the lessons keeps going back and forth between a G4 tower and a G4 laptop.
I also know that Disney animation studios use Macs in their workstations, it is up to the department or individual to request the system that best suites their needs and or style.
I do think that PCs still dominate the 3D world but thanks to Alias, we are seeing higher end 3D options develop on the Mac.