One question we get asked a lot at Animation Apprentice is this: "What should I use for animation – a PC or a Mac? The good news is – you can use either one. The bad news is – you should really buy a PC. We recommend a PC for several reasons. First, all the course videos are recorded on a PC, and the interface is a little different on the Mac. Second, a number of Maya plug-ins will only work on a PC. In particular, the Parent Master plugin, which is seriously useful for attaching and un-attaching objects in Maya, does not work on the Mac. Finally, audio playback in Maya can be troublesome on a Mac.
These are all small reasons, and none them mean that you can't run Maya on a Mac. But, personally, I use the parent master plug in a lot for attaching and un-attaching objects, and I find that, without this tool, the process can be pretty fiddly and annoying.
Still, as any tecchie will tell you, Macs can be run on special dual-boot software, so you can boot it up in Windows if you prefer. hey presto – instant PC. And Macs are lovely. I am writing this on my MacBook Pro – a beautiful machine.
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—-Alex