Your Opinion on the best alternative to a Time Capsule please?

[MBHockey]

Originally Posted by dmm219

So you're ok spending $400 on a device that only lasts 18 months?

I guess if you have a ton of disposable income...I for one, will not buy another TC until its confirmed the issues are fixed.

Use and AEBS with an external HD (and stick with one method only...wireless or wired...don't mix). It does the same thing as the TC. Its a cheaper set up. And if something dies, its less expensive to replace.

Unless you like spending $400 on poor quality products...I would recommend this route.

So you're ok making up numbers to prove your point?

It was $300, I have the receipt. Please show me where, in 2008, I could have bought a wireless N router and a 500 GB external HD that would work together as a wireless backup unit for time machine for less than $300.

At the time, the unsupported AEBS + 500 GB HD solution was more money.

You have to put forum posts into perspective. I'm sure the problem seems rampant, but I'm also sure that more people are *not* having this problem than are.