Many do now have PC suites as well as Mac suites, but they're usually smaller and linked to specialist areas (e.g. So, most designers use Macs in their formative college years, and get used to MacsĪrt/design colleges are unlikely to change to PC-first as it would be expensive and difficult (not just the cost of buying new machines, but the cost and time of re-training staff and re-writing course materials, and the cost in popularity among senior staff for whoever made the decision.).Many top teachers are veterans of the pre- computer days, and would not willingly suffer learning a new operating system Art / design teachers got used to teaching using Macs.Almost all art colleges and design schools bought Macs back in the days when Macs were unquestionably better for design ( Alan G's and Horatio's answers below detail how).There's a seperate question on which is better: Are Macs preferable to PCs for handling graphics software?įor the question of why Macs are more popular, there's a very simple answer:
