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C|Net UK Previews Apple's Time Capsule

by , 4:05 PM EST, January 28th, 2008

C|net UK previewed the Apple Time Capsule on Monday. Previews don't receive a product rating, however, the preview was positive, and cited the device's high bandwidth networking combined with automated backup in a single, tidy package.

The Time Capsule was described as a great way to almost sneak wireless backup into the household. Another solution, such as the HP MediaSmartServer, was described as "too complex for the average home customer" by Rich Brown.

In addition, the overall price for the unit, considering that it's an 802.11b/b/g base station with disk storage built in, was described as fair. The author pointed out that the Time Capsule works with Windows XP and Vista as well.

One downside the author noted was that the Time Capsule is a single drive product -- meaning that it cannot be expanded. It was also unclear to the previewer whether the internal drive is replaceable by the end user. Another problem is that if the drive fails and needs to be returned for repair, the customer's wireless network also goes down.

While professionals and hard core enthusiasts may be turned off by the absence of user upgradability, most mainstream users, however, will appreciate the simplicity of the Time Capsule, Mr. Brown concluded.

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Close Name:iVoid Posts: 56 Joined: 10 Jan 2007
Mon Jan 28, 2008 5:13 pm Subject:

"single drive product -- meaning that it cannot be expanded"

Wrong. It can be expanded by adding a USB drive to the USB port.


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Mon Jan 28, 2008 5:50 pm Subject: expansion, maybe but not RAID
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Mon Jan 28, 2008 6:29 pm Subject:
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Mon Jan 28, 2008 6:57 pm Subject: Can be expanded
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Mon Jan 28, 2008 9:01 pm Subject: Expansion
Close Name:anovelli Posts: 21 Joined: 24 Feb 2003
Mon Jan 28, 2008 10:09 pm Subject: I agree...

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Maybe it is just me, but maybe eSata, or at least including a Firewire port would have been a better alternative to just USB.....


Can't be too expensive to add FW400 and 800 ports... at which point this thing becomes and even better bargain.

I was pretty sure I heard Steve say it was AirPort Extreme... isn't that 802.11n?


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Tue Jan 29, 2008 6:48 am Subject: 802.11n
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