Apple Time Capsule MB277LL/A (AirPort Extreme Plus 1 TB Storage) by Apple Computer
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Digital camera reviews of Apple Time Capsule MB277LL/A (AirPort Extreme Plus 1 TB Storage)
Digital camera Review: Poor performance and not worth the expense
Summary: 1 Stars
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 the Logitech Squeezebox. The two just don't play well together, and what should be a great music enhancing device gets "sabotaged" by Time Capsule's inability to sync properly.
As much as I love Apple, this is one product I recommend you think twice about (I have never actually wanted to throw something against the wall before I used this device). If you are in need of wireless connectivity, buy the Airport Extreme--it works incredibly well, never cuts out, and supports third party devices.
Hope this helps.
Digital camera Review: Pretty Good actually
Summary: 5 Stars
It is a pretty awesome device. We have 2 macbooks(air/pro) and 5 Windows/linux based laptops in our house. we did the first backup through the ethernet(for the macs). Note that the time machine does incremental backups, which means it only records the "Changes" and hence, subsequent backups are pretty good.I use a linksys 802.11n router and my Time Capsule is connected to the linksys via Ethernet. No complaints so far. Could it have been faster, the answer is yes, but then I am not backing up gigabytes of data every day.
For the PCs, I used the only USB port available to hook up an external HDD(used by my windows/linux laptops) and am continuing to backup into the same location (using 3rd party software of course).
Digital camera Review: Simply not the best option. No Confidence.
Summary: 1 Stars
I've had time capsule for the better part of a year. Its slow. Time machine backups fail for no explainable reason. There's no redundancy (RAID 1 and 5). I've had to clear it and rebuild it. It just does not have my confidence and though I'm a loyal apple guy, its going to get replaced. Network addressable storage (NAS) with multiple disks looks to be my future (and it represents better data protection). Apple is way behind on this solution. I'll probably have to turn off time machine too as it does interoperate with most NAS. Disappointing product.Digital camera Review: Sounded great - failed after less than a month
Summary: 2 Stars
I purchased the 1TB version of the Time Capsule. I already owned an Airport Extreme and was replacing it with the Time Capsule. A nice setup feature allowed the Time Capsule to see the Older Airport Extreme and import all of the settings. This made setting up the Time Capsule extremely easy - by using the same settings, all of my Macs worked with Time Capsule right away.
Unfortunately, after 4 weeks, my Macs all reported that they could not see the Time Capsule Hard drive. When I looked closely at the Time Capsule - it was making a loud/repetitive clicking noise - hard drive failure. I have 5 macs running in my home. None of them have ever had a hard drive failure - but you never know (which is why I bought the Time Capsule). It's disconcerting to have the very device - that I purchased to ensure my data was backed up - fail.
I took it to the Apple store and the exchanged it - no questions asked. But - it took me a long time to back up all of my Macs (the first backup using Time Machine/Time Capsule takes a very long time for each Mac). Additionally, unlike my initial setup, I could not simply copy the settings from my existing Time Capsule - I had to set it all up from scratch. Also - the Time Capsule that I retuned to the Apple store had all of my personal information on it. Even though it was a failed hard drive - I'm not happy that all of my financial data, keychains, etc were on that hard drive.
Digital camera Review: THIS THING IS FREAKING COOL!!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
Alright. I hardly ever write a review but I had to write one for the Time Capsule.
This device is really cool because:
1. Automatically Backs-Up all my Hard Drives without having to think about backing them up. Every Hour. Every Day. Behind the Scenes.
2. What else is really cool... is that I am able to HAVE ALL MY HARD DRIVES WIRELESS. I am able to plug in a USB port and have all my hard drives accessed wirelessly. This is great because I have a laptop and now I no longer have to sit where the hard drives are located in my house.. I can now roam... Store minimal stuff on my laptop HD's and access the files wirelessly. It's a feature that really sold me.
3. Yeah the initial Bkup took a minute, but the daily happens so face u dont even know it.
4. It's great to print wireless too.
5. You dont need to connect it to an Ethernet/DSL line for it to work... it works on it's own without any internet service necessary.
6. Its pretty quiet too
7. It's a huge break through.. imagine all your files now acessed wirelessly... this is a beautiful thing and I no so happy I dont have to be stuck to area of the house when I want to be connect to my music HD's and the rest of my media.
8. Go Get it... atleast the 500GB is definitely worth it... you can always hook up larger HD's to the 500GB one..
I am still yet to experience the full capabilities of this device. I am wondering if it could be accesed from outside the local network for example if I go travelling I am assuming this product may let me access all my files from another location. I am not sure yet.. But I have a feeling it will.