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April 2008
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The editors liked
Clean design
Good deal for DraftN router and 500GB or 1TB of storage
Low maintenance data backup for Mac users
Extensibility via USB port
Easy setup
Router
NAS and WAP all in one
Quiet considering it has a 3.5" hard drive in it
The editors didn't like
Only average networking performance
Few advanced storage features beyond backup capabilities
No RAID
Large backups will take overnight even at 802.11n speeds
Clean design; good deal for Draft-N router and 500GB or 1TB of storage; low maintenance data backup for Mac users; extensibility via USB port.
Only average networking performance; few advanced storage features beyond backup capabilities, and those only for Mac users.
Apples hybrid 802.11n wireless router/networked hard drive offers some powerful data backup features for Mac owners, as well as Apples typical pleasing design. Windows users and anyone who demands speed from their 802.11n network will be disappointed.
Clean design; good deal for Draft-N router and 500GB or 1TB of storage; low maintenance data backup for Mac users; extensibility via USB port.
Only average networking performance; few advanced storage features beyond backup capabilities, and those only for Mac users.
Apples hybrid 802.11n wireless router/networked hard drive offers some powerful data backup features for Mac owners, as well as Apples typical pleasing design. Windows users and anyone who demands speed from their 802.11n network will be disappointed.
Abstract: Time Capsule is a Wi-Fi router and a network storage device to be used with Mac OS 10.5 Leopard’s Time Machine. THE FACTS In the overarching Apple mission to pamper us with ease-of-use, Time Capsule takes the onerous elements of data back-up out...
Small form, fits neatly in an Apple showroom. Makes Time Machine even more convenient.
Still pricey. Two great tastes, but do they taste great together? Feature-limited compared to competitors? NILLSlightModeratePalpableExtreme
The Apple Time Capsule isnt such an exciting product in and of itself, but paired with Tigers new Time Machine backup feature, it becomes a convenient addition. Basically, its an Airport Extreme with a hard disk drive built in. Were skeptical of ...
Abstract: As you might expect, Steve Jobs kept Apple’s most impressive new piece of hardware for last: The MacBook Air. It’s a super slim, metallic notebook with a 13” screen, full size keyboard, LED based display, and optional solid state hard disk drive. Sound...
This little beauty from Apple is the perfect way to protect your Mac against fire, flood and acts of God. Why? Well it’s an all-in-one router with a wireless hard drive. In the flesh we found that it shovelled data from your Mac speedier than Lewis...
Unfortunately, the Time Capsule only works with Mac computers, so if you're a dedicated Windows devotee there's not really much here for you to get excited about. Also, for best performance it can't be too far from your machine despite its N-s...
The Time Capsule is the best thing we’ve seen the world of backup for ages, making networking shared devices hassle free. It's pretty pricey though, and only works with Apple products.Apple Time Capsule is tagged with Apple, Wi-Fi, router and ha...
Abstract: Apples Time Capsule is marketed as a network backup device for Mac users, but it can also be used with Windows computers as a file server like any other network-attached storage (NAS) device. It also has a built-in gigabit Ethernet and Draft-N wire...
Easy to configure (especially on Macs); share additional disks over USB; share a printer
No browser-based admin tool; no way to check disk integrity
The Time Capsule offers a reasonably-priced opportunity to adopt a basic backup regime, particularly for laptops users that refuse to be tied down – even at the risk of losing files. ...
Automatic, transparent, wireless backup, Easy to use, Versioned, incremental, Share printers and disks to Macs and PCs
Slow initial backup, No convenient way to secure backups
Were going to say this up front: buy one of these now. We dont care if youve never backed up a byte of data, or already have an existing backup regime; Time Capsules transparent, zero-intervention, newbie-friendly system is the best we have ever us...
If youre uncertain about whether to get an AirPort Extreme, or a Time Capsule, look at it this way. An AirPort Extreme base station costs £119. The entry-level Time Capsule gives you all of the features of the base station and 500GB of built-in stora...
