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Thoughts on TimeCapsule?

why can't they just do a firmware update on the current airport extreme and use airdrive for time machine?
 
I did buy an AEBS (GbE) earlier last year I I think I will sell it on Craigslist and put the money toward the Time Capsule.

I wonder how easy it will be to change out the HD if and when it fails ?

I also wonder what the AppleCare cost is for the 3 yrs as I can't find it on the Apple site anywhere. Maybe it will be around $49.
 
Which is faster, USB 2.0 Hard Drive connected to computer or Time Capsule on wireless N network? If one is faster, how much faster are we talking?
 
tnsxsear said:
So what are everyones thoughts on TimeCapsule? I was actually in the market for an external HD to use with Leopard and a new wireless router. Now that TimeCapsule has come out, its all in one. $300 for the 500gb and $500 for 1TB.
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Looks awesome, but what's the point if you have a desktop? You can just back up to your desktop, the only way I see this as a must have, is if you have a laptop only, or if you have several Mac's in the house or office and want this has a home HDD. :cool:

Also, did anyone notice there doesn't seem to be any vents on it?
 
I'm interested to know if there will be some way of dividing it into two partitions so that one can be used as general network storage and the other for TimeMachine backups?
 
If this were out in November, I would have one. When I got my MacBook, my wife got herself a Dell Inspiron, we picked up a Linksys router and we each got ourselves a Ego external hard drive. The 500GB Time Capsule would have been the same price as the router and 2 hard drives and we would have gotten 200GB more.

However, I am not terribly upset. For what we use the laptops for, our current set-up is perfectly fine. One weekly backup for my MacBook is more than enough.

From what I've seen from MacWorld, I do think that Time Capsule is the highlight for this year.
 
I think the idea of Time Capsule is great, it's probably much more then just a disk thrown into a wireless router. It probably has some sort of OS X to verify the data to ensure reliability.

Now in regards to all of the complaining, saying Apple screwed me because I bought an AEBS + External HD is getting old. For those of you complaining, if you had taken 2 seconds you would have seen that Apple clearly stated before the release of Leopard "features are subject to change". This was on the main page for Leopard before it was released.

That's business. If they had kept the function, and the data was no good you would be complaining about your data not being any good for backups. Then complaining you spent all this money still.

I bought an AEBS + HD myself in the hopes that it would work, but I knew full and well that it was possible such a feature might be removed. It was my decision, I knew the risk, I rolled the dice, BFD.

This is the same type of complaining when people that never owned anything Apple or high end electronics, and were never early adopters before and went out to buy an iPhone when it first came out. Then guess what, price drop. This is not rare in the electronics industry. Look at new HD-DVD & Blu Ray players that first came out, some started at 1,500 to 2,000 and then within a matter of months they drop big time. If you're an early adopter, you take that risk.

So I suggest maybe use the wait and see approach based upon your needs and use, or fully read and understand the risk of being an early adopter.

For arguments sake, I own the following:

MacBook (Black C2D)
AEBS (non-Gig)
External HD & Printer attached to AEBS for backing up files for my MacBook & gf's XP Laptop
WD Passport for MacBook, for guess what Time Machine
iPhone (no early adopter, understand the risk and the aspect of supply & demand)
AppleTV (understood the future capability of device)
5th Generation iPod
3rd Generation iPod Nano

Plan to buy:

Time Capsule

Recommend & setup the following for parents & even bought:

MacBook (Black C2D, most recent revision)
iMac (bought for parents)
AEBS
External HD connected to the iMac for use of Time Machine for MacBook
5.5 Generation iPod
3rd Generation iPod Nano
 
CLuv said:
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Now in regards to all of the complaining, saying Apple screwed me because I bought an AEBS + External HD is getting old. For those of you complaining, if you had taken 2 seconds you would have seen that Apple clearly stated before the release of Leopard "features are subject to change". This was on the main page for Leopard before it was released....
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Except that Apple actively marketed this as a way of selling their AEBS. It wasn't just a bullet item on a feature list. It was a selling point used to drive sales. Apple essentially said "buy this because it will be supported by TM in Leopard when it comes out." I believed them and bought it.

But you are right in that they can change it because they state so in fine print. I can also change my buying habits. I now choose to disbelieve anything Apple says about product until I can personally verify it is correct for a production example. I will also no longer plan any purchase decision from Apple based on promised functionality (announced or otherwise) since it can be retracted without comment or explanation. I have learned my lesson.
 
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