Should i buy time capsule?

[bonbon111]

i own a macbook, i love it...now hate PCs but i need to buy a PC notebook and want to set up a wireless network and back up my files when i buy it. What is the best product to do so??
I would love to get Time Capsule by apple but does it work wiressly with PC or do i have have it connected by a cable all the time? which is fine by me...just wanting to know

 

[natebookpro]

It works wirelessly and you can access the hard drive in it. The only thing is that since the PC is using Windows it wont be able to automatically back up to the Time Capsule.

 

[Bye Bye Baby]

TC is a great device. Not perfect, but I have not seen anything I would prefer to use.

Works with Time Machine very well. You can access the HD separately and via MobileMe. I get good wireless throughput speed and I can access my two printers attached to it as well as my Drobo.

I use TC for Time Machine and the Drobo to house my iTunes stuff as well as acting as a clone drive using superduper.

I have three backups in place- iDisk, TM and superduper. Four if you include the iTunes that is set up with redundancy.

With PC- not sure I know the answer.

Best wishes.

 

[Shivetya]

need a pc notebook? why? Would not loading windows onto the macbook solve that need?

 

[Koronis]

I haven't used it with a Time Capsule, but my Dell laptop can connect to an airport disk through wireless, you just need to install bonjour for windows

 

[bonbon111]

need a pc notebook? why? Would not loading windows onto the macbook solve that need?

the person im living with would be using it...not me thank god but i still need it to work with the EHD and network easily with my mac.

so far im thinking TC would be good...i dont mind manually backing it up.

 

[alphaod]

I've always thought the Time Capsule to be a poor choice; since it's pricey and excruciatingly slow.

They may have fixed it by now, but when I owned one, a 60GB backup took about 6 days.

 

[kindablue09]

I've always thought the Time Capsule to be a poor choice; since it's pricey and excruciatingly slow.

They may have fixed it by now, but when I owned one, a 60GB backup took about 6 days.

It still is very slow, but not that bad. I backed up ~40 gigs in a few hours last night (three I think, but I fell asleep).

But to answer the OPs post, the TC works great but its really slow. It may be a bit pricey but worth it imo (peace of mind). If you want to save some money, I suppose you could buy a cheap router and an external hd and set it up to do the same thing... I think.

 

[costabunny]

mine does 30GB in about an hour or less (but I am not using it wireless)

I like it, personally

 

[Tomorrow]

The only thing is that since the PC is using Windows it wont be able to automatically back up to the Time Capsule.

It won't be able to automatically back up using Time Machine, but as long as Windows can access the drive through the network, just about any Windows-based backup program can use it.

 

[Mintin8]

Does the Time Capsule get slower when you plug in an external HDD? I'm thinking about purchasing one but not if it's slow as a lot of people have mentioned.