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Apple's Retail Stores Running Dry of AirPort and Time Capsule Stocks?

I really hope there is a refresh for the time capsule that improves all the faults I keep reading about because when i get my iMac this summer I want the Time Capsule as well.
 
flopticalcube said:
It's easy on a PC as well since you can use Airport Utility there too. I find it's been the fastest and most reliable router I've owned of the dozen or so ones from Netgear, Linksys, D-Link. It's biggest flaw is lack of QoS, IMO.
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I've gotten good performance results with a D-Link Extreme N, but I had a few instances where I had to reset it. I'm using a FIOS router now and I haven't had any issues with it at all. Knock wood. :D
 
Primejimbo said:
It does now if you think about it. My Mac backs up my iPhone and the Time Capsule backs up my Mac
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This is probably just wishful thinking on my part, but what if for example: my nephew were to delete an app from my iPad, rather than have to plug in my device to a computer and have to restore from a back-up to not only get the app back but also it's data, I could just activate Time Machine on my iOS device and bring back this one app within seconds.
 
AriX said:
Of note: In Lion, AirPort is branded as "Wi-Fi." You don't see AirPort anywhere. Maybe they're rebranding the base stations as well?
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good observation.

maybe the time capsule will work now :D

but they must be updating the express to wear the extreme is now. (usb works with disks and not draft n). the extreme and time capsule will get thunderbolt and some cloud integration. this way if gives people a reason to upgrade to the better router. maybe we will see a new airport utility as well.
if true, must resist temptation to spend more money :p
 
Hope this isn’t a sign of a discontinuation. The Airport Extreme has been the best router I’ve ever used.

Edit: Never mind. Didn’t fully read the article. Probably some exciting added features for iCloud. :D
 
labrats5 said:
Just yesterday I was thinking how Apple could differentiate their cloud services with a simple NAS solution. Imagine having a centralized backup of all your files in your home, with an itunes media server that can be accessed remotely from anywhere you have an internet connection, all for no subcription fee because you own the storage and the bandwidth. Apple has all the piece. All they need to do now is make it easy.

$179 for the airport extreme is actually pretty competitive. A simultaneous dual-band router with gigabit ethernet and usb NAS support will run you at least $149 from linksys (namely the E3200), and they don't give you usb printing. Apple also gives you a much better setup experience as well as simple integration with the best network bridge available (the airport express), which costs the same as linksys' bridge and has more features.
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I was under the impression that a HD attached to the Airport Extreme would be visible to all the network, not just the one Mac that sets it up. More fool me.

The question is why did Apple suggest to me that it would do all that when I bought it and more emphatically, why is it taking so long to make the obvious work?
 
The last update to the AirPort line was almost 2 years ago, so an update seems pretty likely at this point. I'm speculating that there will be more iOS functionality, i.e. access to AirPort disks (backup with Time Capsule) and printers. It would also be really cool to access content on the AirDisk/Time Capsule directly from an Apple TV, without having to go through a computer running iTunes.

If they do indeed update, I will definitely be buying it.
 
Nermal said:
I hope this is a lacklustre upgrade if true, since I just bought one yesterday...

Edit: The retailer I bought from has a 30-day return policy. Let's see what WWDC brings.
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while it is very possible that they are doing some kind of revamp to these devices, it is unlikely that it has anything to do with WWDC and will be more than maybe a blip in the discussion.

Like the BtS promotion it will just quietly happen, perhaps at the same time if they are going to launch Lion or some other product directly after the keynote. But perhaps not
 
I couldn't get the Time Capsule or Extreme to "play nice" with my work VPN and went with the high end D-Link (855 I think)....works well enough, but the range and stability could be better...
 
charlituna said:
while it is very possible that they are doing some kind of revamp to these devices, it is unlikely that it has anything to do with WWDC and will be more than maybe a blip in the discussion.

Like the BtS promotion it will just quietly happen, perhaps at the same time if they are going to launch Lion or some other product directly after the keynote. But perhaps not
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I think it's absolutely feasible they'll announce these updates at WWDC, only because of the exciting possibilities of integration with iCloud. It makes perfect sense to take advantage of Apple's new service with new hardware.
 
Time Capsule has been horrible, I say that because I was considering to get one, but found that a lot of people were reporting it dying within 6-12months.. I don't know if Apple fixed the issues or not..
 
Lesser Evets said:
I wish they'd combine the AirPort Express, Time Capsule, and Apple TV to make an all-in-one you prop by your TV screen.... aw, who am I kidding, aside from myself?
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If they do that and add Apps support to AppleTV so that services outside of the US could use the device then I'm there.

Who am kidding if they update TimeCapsule so that the Australian pricing gets updated for currency rates I'd still consider it.
 
iRobby said:
So are you saying they are discontinuing the Airport Base and Time Capsule? I hope not!!
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It's odd that they'd remove the Airport branding. doesn't make sense seeing as how much effort Apple has gone through to push services with names such as "AirPlay" and "AirPrint".
 
The AEBS is hard to argue for how ridiculously easy they are to set up.

  • Stellar IPv6 support including 6to4 (which Comcast actually has working).
  • Dual-band.
  • MIMO/Wide Channels.
  • Guest VLAN.
And pretty pants-on-head retarded range which forces me to knock transmit power to 10% so all 180 units in my building (and the subway station across the street) can't see my access point. Right now I've a few devices kicking around my 2TB dual-band Time Capsule and it has no problem saturating its 50Mbps connection (large game update right now) while kicking media for AirPlay around the house. I know I get about 120-130Mbps between hosts (in which MIMO is not yet enabled) over wireless as well.
 
Time Machine via iCloud

How about a full system backup via iCloud. Throw out the Time Capsule and have backups to the web. There are some of these online backup services, maybe Apple wants a piece of that pie.
 
Smaller, SSD option for time capsule? Better heat management / external power brick so they don't fry?

Rebranding thoughts are interesting, I had not heard that the word Airport was going in Lion. Just thinking ... Wi-Fi is used in iOS so it kind of makes sense as this is after all the iOSification of OS X.
 
MartiNZ said:
Smaller, SSD option for time capsule? Better heat management / external power brick so they don't fry?
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Shoot. That would be awesome. As quiet as the HDD is in my third gen TC, a completely silent TC would be awesome.

However, I personally need at least a 500GB TC for total backups of every Mac in my household, and a 500GB SSD is what? Around $1000? And that's just for an internal SSD. Externals will run by even more :eek:

I like the idea of an SSD TC though. Hopefully, it eventually happens.
 
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The Airport Extreme was one of the nicest routers I've owned...except it couldn't handle torrents AT ALL. It would keel over and die with a little bit of torrent traffic, so sadly I had to give it back to the store and get a $50 buffalo router.

If the new ones can handle torrenting, I'm in.
 
paulyras said:
I've been waiting for AAPL to take on the cable companies head to head for a long time. They could easily do so with something like this (I'm going to beg for streaming networks as well).
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Think! Through whose pipes would the Apple replacement service have to flow? Why would the owners of the pipes allow an Apple replacement service to erode their cable monopoly/duopolies? Think!
 
Aw man! I just bought an AirPort Extreme Base Station! Not that it'll rot if it's updated... But it'll be a shame if I don't have the latest thing :p
 
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