Does your educational place use PC or Mac for Media?

[spyder]

For media entailed subjects, I don't understand why educational institutions use an iMac over a PC? 

 

Like one of the subjects I started involves using an iMac (21.5) for use with programs such as Photoshop CS6, Adobe dreamweaver as well as After Effects. 

 

You could run these apps on PC's with decent specs unless they get some huge bulk discount on the iMacs, I still see no reason why we should use one.

 

I prefer the PC, since I am so familiar with it, used the iMac today, and I was just baffled with all the keyboard different shortcuts there are, it just felt weird to use one. 

 

 

[PlayStation 2]

Our school has shitty 2-in-1 lenovos so eh

[SparkySamZa]

I go to Bu and for engineering we get xeon based computers and media get's both Pc and Mac depending on their type of work.

[RollinLower]

we have to bring our own laptops to school for programs like Solidworks and AutoCAD

they recommend everybody to use windows tough.

[typographie]

I had to use Macs all through design school as well, and always wondered the same thing. I'm typing this post on an iMac at work.

 

I personally think it comes down primarily to tradition, and the fact that the design industry is populated by more artists than PC enthusiasts who would question the rationale—though that's not to say you can't be both.

[Volbet]

Apple has made a pretty agressive push into educational facilities over the last 10 (or so) years.

Usually the schools get a pretty nice discount on the computers and the software. And in the end, it will pay off for Apple.

If people get used ot using Apple from their childhood, they will likely keep using Apple. 

 

My school (the Department of Law at the University of Copenhagen), most people, including the teachers, will bring their own computer.

The few computer, that the department has, are PCs.

[EliasNM]

Good builds for media related work should run Windows for better hardware compatibility, the college I was attending had both so I always sat at desks with Windows, unless a classroom was all iMac's, but I do hate the keyboard layout of it, the chiclet keyboards are fine until the noise they make "kills" you. 

[multifrag]

In the industry they will use PCs with linux and a small amount with windows. There a lot of hell transferring files between mac and pc so there will be no media pipeline for it in the industry.

[asiancorruption]

my school uses dells with i3s in them for both laptops and desktops, and they run on a cloud based network thats slower than dial up. The only macs in the school ae used for media creation and they're the old boxy ones that have core 2 duos in them.

[Aytex]

my school for our engineering class uses xeons with quadros that costs like a few thousand each

then we have these shittin 2 in 1 ultrabooks that costs 1.6k per laptop. which is BS if we break the screen that 600$ THAT A FUCKING 980 TI LOL

[spyder]

Our school has shitty 2-in-1 lenovos so eh

I would prefer to use that over the iMac's for design work. I just cant get used to OSX. 

 

I go to Bu and for engineering we get xeon based computers and media get's both Pc and Mac depending on their type of work.

I've never seen a xeon based workstation at our place, they cheap out by using i3.

 

we have to bring our own laptops to school for programs like Solidworks and AutoCAD

they recommend everybody to use windows tough.

I agree with the recommendation because I am more comfortable with using Windows. 

 

Apple has made a pretty agressive push into educational facilities over the last 10 (or so) years.

Usually the schools get a pretty nice discount on the computers and the software. And in the end, it will pay off for Apple.

If people get used ot using Apple from their childhood, they will likely keep using Apple. 

 

My school (the Department of Law at the University of Copenhagen), most people, including the teachers, will bring their own computer.

The few computer, that the department has, are PCs.

Makes sense for Apple, maybe its just me but I can't adapt to using their system. 

 

I had to use Macs all through design school as well, and always wondered the same thing. I'm typing this post on an iMac at work.

 

I personally think it comes down primarily to tradition, and the fact that the design industry is populated by more artists than PC enthusiasts who would question the rationale—though that's not to say you can't be both.

I've always thought a standard iMac costs here around 1000, or if education pricing, probably 200 300 off? With that you can build a decent i5 rig with Windows on it and save the school money but the question of buying Adobe products. might blow the budget

[itsmyjobtoknow]

Most of the labs on my campus uses a range of old Core 2 Duo Dell Optiplex machines to ones with an i5 Ivy Bridge Dell Optiplex...but there is maybe one or two Mac labs somewhere on campus I have never seen...

[walwalka]

Windows based PC's

[mikat]

For media entailed subjects, I don't understand why educational institutions use an iMac over a PC? 

 

Like one of the subjects I started involves using an iMac (21.5) for use with programs such as Photoshop CS6, Adobe dreamweaver as well as After Effects. 

 

You could run these apps on PC's with decent specs unless they get some huge bulk discount on the iMacs, I still see no reason why we should use one.

 

I prefer the PC, since I am so familiar with it, used the iMac today, and I was just baffled with all the keyboard different shortcuts there are, it just felt weird to use one. 

our school uses imacs, macbook airs, macbooks (no not the thin one, but the bulky white one), shitty hp computers for logging into your school account and shitty hp laptops.

[spyder]

our school uses imacs, macbook airs, macbooks (no not the thin one, but the bulky white one), shitty hp computers for logging into your school account and shitty hp laptops.

Well one thing I cant fault about the iMacs are that they are atleast 1080P compared to the VGA crap we use for Windows. 

[mikat]

Well one thing I cant fault about the iMacs are that they are atleast 1080P compared to the VGA crap we use for Windows. 

the shitty hp computers are really shit but the imacs are only for designing and such, almost everyone uses macbook airs, macbooks and those shitty hp laptops... 

[Kamil]

Everywhere I've been has a mix of Mac and PC, but sometimes a particular class is in a room with only one or the other. Always hurts when it ends up being a Mac-exclusive class, especially when there's no reason for it. Well, I say especially but I've never actually had a class which forced me to use a Mac for any reason OTHER than "this is the room we have, it only has Macs".

That said, the Macs always seem to be a lot more up-to-date than the PCs. Some of it might be just externals, but the Macs usually had cleaner screens at the very least. Doesn't change the fact that I dislike OS X.

[airdeano]

there is a process to secure any equipment, materials or supplies for educational

institutions. most use a bidding application to supply one or all locations within a

district and that the apple platform (ecosystem) is uniform and in most cases can

be discounted for large purchases. the PC platform is too proliferated with options,

availability and configurations (hardware/software) support that is too vast for a

department to worry about failures and inconsistencies. not saying apple is more/less

consistent, but more uniformed and easier to get a "deal" over the PC (too many

variables, with no internal tech support to point the buyers in a direction of no worries).

[Guest]

Art/media use Macs (w/ Windows), because Adobe, rest of the IT department and any other schools in the college use Dells AFAIK. From what I recall, the techs are pretty fond of Dell and their reliability in support. 

 

EDIT: Some of the rooms have those shitty little client PC's, those are a good giggle. 

 

PC's in the forensics labs at the uni I'll hopefully go to, all have xeons, SSD's, 64gigs of RAM, and are absolutely ballin. 

[givingtnt]

For media entailed subjects, I don't understand why educational institutions use an iMac over a PC? 

 

Like one of the subjects I started involves using an iMac (21.5) for use with programs such as Photoshop CS6, Adobe dreamweaver as well as After Effects. 

 

You could run these apps on PC's with decent specs unless they get some huge bulk discount on the iMacs, I still see no reason why we should use one.

 

I prefer the PC, since I am so familiar with it, used the iMac today, and I was just baffled with all the keyboard different shortcuts there are, it just felt weird to use one. 

we have both. but we can run windows on the macs.

perfect world for irrational people

[Guest]

At my school Dell just made up a bad deal that my school bought, and now they act like Dell is run by gods.  The internet is pretty bad too.  Like your most basic Verizon business package.

 

Yeah, when I spoke to one of the sysadmins they said Dell could have parts to them in like 40 minutes... So yeah, there's that.

[Guest]

I feel like we should call the Doctor to solve this one.  Does it matter which?  Seems more like a job for 10.

 

I'm confused... That went straight over my head  :lol:

[spwath]

PC.

Nice lenovo aio's

[spwath]

It's a Doctor Who joke. It's like some alien creature has brainwashed them into buying Dell, worshipping Dell.

We need this form of this man to save them! To save us!

david-tennant-doctor-who.jpg

He's the last of the Time Lords, the man with a TARDIS, the man who grew a fighting hand, the man who became...Matt Smith...it's okay we got a Sonic Screwdriver for that!

And he is the best version of the last of the time lords

[Guest]

It's a Doctor Who joke.   It's like some alien creature has brainwashed them into buying Dell, worship Dell. 

 

We need this form of this man to save them!  To save us!

 

david-tennant-doctor-who.jpg

 

He's the last of the Time Lords, the man with a TARDIS, the man who grew a fighting hand, the man who became...Matt Smith...it's okay we got a Sonic Screwdriver for that!

 

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

 

Sorry, bit slow, I'm the kind of guy who'll laugh at a joke after everyone else has stopped. 

 

Yeah, I'm sure they have their reasons, they don't seem to have any issues with them anyway...