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(50 customer reviews) 71 of 75 people found the following review helpful
An easy to setup, great product!,
March 7, 2008 J. McWhirter (Oregon) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Apple Time Capsule MB277LL/A (AirPort Extreme Plus 1 TB Storage) (Personal Computers)
I purchased the 1 TB Time Capsule to replace my Linksys Router and an external Lacie 500 GB HDD. Setup took about 2 minutes - and I was up and running. It was extremely simple - insert the disk into a drive, install version 5.3 of the AirPort Utility, answer a few questions, and you are up and running - easy as pie.
That said, I have a warning for power users who want more security than a disk password - IE; you use user accounts for file sharing, etc. Instead of following the 'easy' path, you will want to use 'manual setup'. If you initially use the 'easy' setup and want to go back and change from a disk password for security to account security, you will lose any data you have transferred to the disk - that is correct, you will lose any data you have transferred to your disk - for me that was a 7 hour, 350 GB transfer - lesson learned.
I backup two computers via time machine on the Time Capsule - a Mac Mini, and a MacBook Air. They both averaged 25 GB on...Read more
37 of 40 people found the following review helpful
I liked my 500gig model so well i got the 1TB model as a shared drive,
March 4, 2008 Jeffrey Heaton "Jeff Heaton" (St. Louis, MO) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Apple Time Capsule MB277LL/A (AirPort Extreme Plus 1 TB Storage) (Personal Computers)
I've been using Time Machine since I upgraded to Leopard. While Time Machine is great for backing up my iMac, its a pain to have to hook up my Mac Book Pro and new Mac Book Air to an external hard drive. The Time Capsule is great for that. So long as my laptop is open and running, a backup can happen.
Make sure you remember to do your first backup using ethernet. Otherwise it is going to be slow. Apple does not want to bog down your network with backups, so when you are backing up wirelessly, it will intentionally throttle the connection sped.
This device also functions as a wireless router. I was able to remove my pervious Air Port Extreme from the network. The terabyte model is nice because you are able to share one large drive and backup several smaller computers My iMac and two laptops all backup just fine.
44 of 50 people found the following review helpful
Poor performance and not worth the expense,
July 24, 2008 Apple Fan "Apple Fan" (Miami, FL) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Apple Time Capsule MB277LL/A (AirPort Extreme Plus 1 TB Storage) (Personal Computers)
Like most of you I buy Apple products because of the simple reason that they just work. No hassle. No fuss. Just plug and play. I use them in my office, at home, and always recommend Apple products to my friends, family, and clients.
Therefore, I don't take it lightly when I recommend that you DONT purchase Time Capsule. Unlike Apple's other wireless devices, Time Capsule just doesn't work the way it was intended. Yes, it will back up your computer; and yes it will provide wireless coverage in your house. However, when the device is backing up, it makes browsing the web or downloading email nearly impossible. There is "hang time" in which the browser or Mail will time out. I can't begin to tell you how frustrated you will become when in the middle of doing research or need to get to your email that you will be thwarted by that little clock in the menu bar going in reverse.
Life becomes even more complicated if you own a non-apple wireless device, such as...Read more
