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    Macworld 2008: Time Capsule, wireless backup for your Mac

    Steve Jobs kicks off Macworld 2008 with the first of four things he says he'd like to talk about; Time Capsule, a backup device that wirelessly backs up everything on one or more Mac computers.
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    Re: Macworld 2008: Time Capsule, wireless backup for your Mac

    This Time Capsule thing doesn't sound too bad.. can you use it as a NAS box?

    EDIT: Just seen the price premium we pay in the UK - £329 - no ta! I'd rather just buy a Thecus..
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    Re: Macworld 2008: Time Capsule, wireless backup for your Mac

    Looks cool, would be handy, as there is times where i have lost important data and files.

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    Re: Macworld 2008: Time Capsule, wireless backup for your Mac

    Quote Originally Posted by Whiternoise View Post
    This Time Capsule thing doesn't sound too bad.. can you use it as a NAS box?

    EDIT: Just seen the price premium we pay in the UK - £329 - no ta! I'd rather just buy a Thecus..
    Bare in mind its a wireless N gigabyte router as well as a nas.

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    Re: Macworld 2008: Time Capsule, wireless backup for your Mac

    £329, is a hell of a lot to pay for a NAS box thats only 1TB, with no upgrade support?
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    Re: Macworld 2008: Time Capsule, wireless backup for your Mac

    Quote Originally Posted by TheAnimus View Post
    £329, is a hell of a lot to pay for a NAS box thats only 1TB, with no upgrade support?
    Its not just a NAS its a nas and an airport extreme which by themselves are over £110, when I first saw the price I thought christ thats pricey. Taking that into the price its not bad. It can be expanded via the usb port, not perfect but a ok solution.

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    Re: Macworld 2008: Time Capsule, wireless backup for your Mac

    Quote Originally Posted by Gordy View Post
    Its not just a NAS its a nas and an airport extreme which by themselves are over £110, when I first saw the price I thought christ thats pricey. Taking that into the price its not bad. It can be expanded via the usb port, not perfect but a ok solution.


    which is worth the money because?

    airport extreme price tag is a little high don't ya think?

    When you consider that everything this does, all be it you've had to use 3rd party software for, has been nocking about for years at a far lower cost, its hardly exciting.

    My boss wanted a portable HDD, he ended up going for a NAS type one because it was only an extra £50, which he felt was more than resonable.

    This price is to high (imo) and has no upgrade support (no empty bays like many of the NAS devices on the market).

    But then again, i'm not a fan of apple products, the only one i've come close to liking is the iPod touch, and even then all i want it to be is a remote (its a really **** music player, poor storage, interoperability, battery life, size)
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    Re: Macworld 2008: Time Capsule, wireless backup for your Mac

    Quote Originally Posted by TheAnimus View Post


    which is worth the money because?

    airport extreme price tag is a little high don't ya think?

    When you consider that everything this does, all be it you've had to use 3rd party software for, has been nocking about for years at a far lower cost, its hardly exciting.

    My boss wanted a portable HDD, he ended up going for a NAS type one because it was only an extra £50, which he felt was more than resonable.

    This price is to high (imo) and has no upgrade support (no empty bays like many of the NAS devices on the market).

    But then again, i'm not a fan of apple products, the only one i've come close to liking is the iPod touch, and even then all i want it to be is a remote (its a really **** music player, poor storage, interoperability, battery life, size)
    I'm not aware of a single combined wireless n router and nas drive with gigabyte networking? Good wireless N routers aren't exactly cheap either.

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