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Apple Quietly Updates Time Capsule (2TB and 3TB) and AirPort Extreme
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Why is it that you only can stream music with the airport express? I have a really old express...like 6 years and music is breaking up if i stream a youttubeclip at the same time or sometimes just out of the blue. I want to upgrade to fix this problem, but it seems that timecapsule or extrem both cant stream music.... is that true?
I actually think it's reasonable value for money ... and I'm not trolling. What 3 TB storage option would you compare it with? How much am I really overspending?
Yes. In the UK we have £239 vs £396 (obviously get shafted on exchange rates)
Looks like you get a TB for free.
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I checked at dabs.com. You can't even get an external 3TB drive for £133. The cheapest NAS with 3TB is £258 with fewer features. So nice rant, but would be good to stay with the truth.
So what did you forget when you complained about the exchange rate?
Mac mini will also "officially"* store Time Machine Backups.
* being supported by Apple, as opposed to external disks on AirPort Extreme.
I ordered a 2TB Time Capsule of the new model this morning... Finely they released the new product...
You don't even know enough of what you're on about to make something that reads correctly. This has nothing to do with Microsoft or computers. Time Capsule is a hard drive with a ariel stuck to it. If your intelligent enough to think this is value for money you'll soon be on Steve Jobs Christmas card list.
You can by Seagate and many other 3TB external drives for £130.
I guess the saying is still true. A fool and his money are easily parted.
The Delta Force
TC backs up delta's rather than the whole thing...
Why back up unchanged system files and structures from one to the next repeatedly...
If user files and settings are all that change then just update those in the back up.
The data world is moving to the delta region...
TC backs up delta's rather than the whole thing...
Why back up unchanged system files and structures from one to the next repeatedly...
If user files and settings are all that change then just update those in the back up.
The data world is moving to the delta region...
I am with you... its a lot of money.
But your Seagate has no Router or Accespoint and cannot intergrate in you Apple network as well as the TC.
I agree. Black is what they should have been or something a bit more pleasing to the eye. White is just wrong. Very wrong. Boring in fact.
This is not true, Apple ended that service well over a year ago.
They did indeed used to cover Airports under Applecare but those days are gone.
Do those Seagate drives work as a NAS, have dual band Wifi or just wifi for that matter - or work as a Wifi router with 4 gigabit ports?
Think I see who the fool is in this story.
Where are you buying your 3TB drives from? An internal drive (Hitachi Deskstar - just the drive on its own!) costs £129. The Time Capsule is much much more.
And where did you get £399 from? They haven't listed them in the UK yet.
True but for an extra £30 you get this.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B004E5MO...de=asn&creative=22206&creativeASIN=B004E5MOPG
gnasher, you didn't look very hard did you. Maybe not three times, but still more than twice the price of other options.