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April 2008
(73%)
63 Reviews
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Very good wireless range; easy to set up; 1TB of storage; operates on dual bands; works seamlessly with Mac OS X 10.5, particularly Time Machine backup application
Lacks Web-based administration; no Windows backup software included; no media-server capabilities
Part wireless router and part backup drive, Apples Time Capsule will appeal to home users, especially those using the Mac OS X Time Machine backup utility. As a router, it performed admirably, but if youre looking for full NAS functionality, there ar...
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Published: 2008-03-31, Author: Mark , review by: macworld.co.uk
Great idea, neat and tidy backup solution, large hard drive, easy to use, no maintenance required once you’ve set it up
Hourly backups are too often, wireless bakup is time-consuming, Gigabit Ethernet file transfer is markedly slow
Time Capsule seems ideally suited for a home network that hasn’t yet upgraded to an 802.11n wireless network (and, thus, doesn’t yet have a new AirPort Extreme Base Station). Time Capsule is a big improvement for such networks, although the £1...
Abstract: Apples new Time Capsule is a wireless base station with a built-in hard drive. Designed to integrate with the Time Machine backup system introduced in Mac OS X 10.5 "Leopard," it provides a hard drive for backups, as well as AirPort Extreme functi...
Clean design, Good deal for DraftN router and 500GB or 1TB of storage, Low maintenance data backup for Mac users, Extensibility via USB port
Only average networking performance, Few advanced storage features beyond backup capabilities
Apples hybrid 802.11n wireless router/networked hard drive offers some powerful data backup features for Mac owners, as well as Apples typical pleasing design. Windows users and anyone who demands speed from their 802.11n network will be disappointed.
Clean design, Good deal for DraftN router and 500GB or 1TB of storage, Low maintenance data backup for Mac users, Extensibility via USB port
Only average networking performance, Few advanced storage features beyond backup capabilities
Apples hybrid 802.11n wireless router/networked hard drive offers some powerful data backup features for Mac owners, as well as Apples typical pleasing design. Windows users and anyone who demands speed from their 802.11n network will be disappointe...
Abstract: Data backup falls resolutely at the dreary end of the tech-task scale; periodically market researchers release stats showing how few people take the time to safely copy their accumulated files, usually prompting a guilty DVD burning session which never...
Abstract: With its new Leopard operating system, Apple tried to solve one of the most nagging problems faced by home-computer users: how to regularly back up their computers completely and painlessly. Leopard includes a feature called Time Machine that automatic...
