Apple has no interest in open platform, it is closed loop.  The best thing about apple is that you can run Vista on their sexy HW.  The only money that APPLE lets CI’s make is on accessories for their devices.  The platform has far less to offer than Microsoft and MS is open and has standards.  Savant has some strange concepts, are they really thinking that people are going to buy this stuff.  C4 has their stuff figured out, lifeware and the other MS solutions have a lot of promise and now the industry has another home control company who is lost at the wheel and chasing Apple who only loves themselves. And that is one ugly GUI…

http://www.cepro.com/article/so_many_great_apple_innovations_why_doesnt_our_industry_take_notice/

Apple has been a leader in the Open Source community for more than a decade, it is Microsoft that can’t seem to develop anything original or innovative, or less than proprietary code in buggy and insecure applications. The Elegant and intuitive User Interface can ensure that users are navigating properly and efficiently. Vista is UGLY! Savant is taking a big step and will be handsomely rewarded for embracing the Apple technologies. Consumers have finally been presented with an Operating System, a range of products, and well developed software that can lead them into their perfect system. No longer will users be forced to employ backward-thinking installers of cheap and cludgy components. Hoorah for this niche market!

A problem with Savant is every product they have is a PC. They all have hard drives. I’m wary of hard drive based systems because even though we’ve had them for decades, they’re still the most unreliable part of a home. That’s why we have RAID-5.

They should make system-on-chip products.