Time Capsule 1tb price in education store plus advice on storage

[Mowgli21]

Hi

Any advice on the best place to buy large external HDD's like 1tb-2tb? And whats best portable hdd, desktop hdd or NAS storage? Whats the benefits of NAS?

I am looking to store all my itunes content on it which will ultimately be streamed through my imac to apple tv.

Also don't suppose anyone could tell me the price of a 1tb time capsule in the education store for university students?

Thanks

 

[ixoye25]

Just something to consider...

May do some research on the following new product.

http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/16/lacie-wireless-space-takes-on-time-capsule-doubles-as-nas-and-w/

Hi

Any advice on the best place to buy large external HDD's like 1tb-2tb? And whats best portable hdd, desktop hdd or NAS storage? Whats the benefits of NAS?

I am looking to store all my itunes content on it which will ultimately be streamed through my imac to apple tv.

Also don't suppose anyone could tell me the price of a 1tb time capsule in the education store for university students?

Thanks

 

[Alaerian]

Also don't suppose anyone could tell me the price of a 1tb time capsule in the education store for university students?

If you're a higher education student, you should be able to visit the education store on your own via this link:
http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/findyourschool?mco=OTY2ODQzMg

 

[garycurtis]

The founder of a MUG group in the San Fernando valley suggested I go to Amazon.com and buy the LaCie external drive. It is the 1Tb Quad Drive.
Other drives are more portable, and this one isn't powered by the USB, but I don't lug it around so those factors aren't important.

Price was $114. The quad is important he said, because USB will be a thing of the past soon. And Firewire 400 will die soon as well.

Install was real simple, and my Time Machine recognized it immediately.

Gary Curtis

 

[Flynnstone]

Along the same lines ...
What are the benefits or pros/cons of airport extreme with external hd vs a time capsule ?

I prefer the quad interface. Fw800 is faster, but USB is ok and not going anywhere. So if it's always attached & you don't need the speed, USB is fine.

 

[garycurtis]

On my LaCie 1TB, using 400 Firewire, the backup process for about 6 Gb of data takes about 4 minutes. It would be 25% longer with USB 2.0.

I can't imagine Airport transmitting data anywhere near that speed.