802.11ac uses QAM, which means that 802.11ac uses the fact that two signals do not arrive at the same time.![]()
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802.11ac uses QAM, which means that 802.11ac uses the fact that two signals do not arrive at the same time.![]()
What 'real world' speeds do you get on USB 2.0? Is it faster than 300 mbps? Because if not, wouldn't you want the drive connection to be faster than the WiFi?
No one? I have a 2TB USB drive on mine to use as a time machine drive for Macbook. It is not fast but it only has to back up what ever changed in the last hour. So as long as it can do a few megabytes per hour it keeps up..
I bet I could fit a Raspberry Pi in there. Could make a nice little DIY NAS box.
I thought the whole point of these drives was to make up for the lack of space on SSDs in systems like the MacBook Air.
It was never designed to be a NAS. If you want NAS, there are lots of great solutions out there. Even if it did have USB 3.0, the Airport Extreme would still be a crappy NAS device.
If the antenna is a geometric point, with no height then you get a sperical antenna pattern. As the antenna arry gets taller the pattern looks more and more like a pancake, it flattens. So I'm sure the engineers at Apple first decided on the shape of the antenna pattern then that determined the distance between the two antenna elements
I really like the design, but it is almost twice the volume of the predecessor.
That said, I do agree with the engineering decisions behind the form factor.
I still don't know what to make of the new design...
the harddrive is the bottleneck. unless you are using an SSD you won't even reach 200 Mbps.
more like 100
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/usb-3.0-external-2.5-hard-disk,3218-8.html
NO. Apple calls it a "Time Capsule" not a "NAS". I thnk it is clear they use the work "Time" in the name to go with Time Machine.
Probably the design is to match and be put next to the new Mac Pro?
Um, what engineering decisions for the form factor?
... ok let me spell it out for you.
If you tip a hard drive over that's running you will destroy the drive and your data.
The wine will make a stain on the carpet. The hard drive had your kid's baby pictures on it.
I really wish this is about functional needs, like new antennas for ac and what not. And not just a designer whim. I could accept that.
I see, thanks! And can it be accessed by Macs only, or Windows/Linux also?
That's fine but my current Extreme works flawlessly well in my house, and the design is better.
I don't need 6 antennas and ac right now, nor will I in the next 3-5 years probably.
No it isn't.
802.11ac is 1300Mbps
USB 2.0 is just 480Mbps (much less in reality)
Other manufactures are including USB 3.0 (5000Mbps) in their routers and charging less.
Fair enough, so what's the point of having one?
Presumably 802.11ac isn't going to make your internet browsing any faster.
I was referring more to the huge empty space where the 3.5" drive would be in this new Extreme model. They could've made the tower a little skinnier/smaller without that space there. But I guess it's cheaper to keep the same design so they don't have to produce two different case designs.