He describes Luxology as "platform agnostic," but defends the real-world results he demonstrated on-stage at the WWDC. Peebler explains that his company is largely a Windows company, and that most of their engineers work on Windows machines, though "many of us simply prefer OS X for its attention to detail and workflow for everyday use," to use his words. It should be noted that Luxology does not yet have a shipping commercial product. Peebler, the code base was the same for the two platforms. In the tests, the G5 performed at real-time, or nearly so, while the PC stuttered along at a much slower pace. The demonstration centered around 3D motion-capture information being displayed on the screen. Luxology makes 3D software, and is a new company founded by Lightwave veterans. Luxology has posted a letter to its Web site titled " G5 Performance Response." That letter was signed by Brad Peebler, president of Luxology, LLC, and the man who demonstrated his software on stage. In the middle of that, however, Luxology, one of the companies that participated in the WWDC's bake-offs, has come out swinging for Apple. Though Apple VP Greg Joswiak has publicly attempted to answer those questions, there hasn't been much response to Apple's response from the company's critics, leaving the controversy in full swing. This has set off all manner of controversy, as some people began to question the testing methods as documented by VeriTest (see TMO's full coverage for more information). Steve Jobs and Apple VP Phil Schiller also brought out company execs from Adobe, Wolfram Research, eMagic, and Luxology to do some old fashioned bake-offs that pitted a Windows XP system against the PowerMac G5, with the Apple machine crushing the Windows machines by wide margins in each case. To back up that claim, Apple released benchmark results compiled by an independent company, VeriTest, which was hired by Apple. During the presentation, Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced the new architecture by calling the Dual 2 GHz Power Mac G5 the "world's fastest personal computer," a description used by the company on its Web site, as well. Apple introduced the Power Mac G4 replacement last Monday during the WWDC keynote. The discussion concerning the speed claims of Apple's new Power Mac G5 continues to churn on the Internet. WWDC Keynote Participant, Luxology, Defends G5 Performanceīy Bryan Chaffin, 8:00 AM EDT, June 30th, 2003
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