RE: Time Capsule Review

I didn’t think I would have had a chance to try out the Time Machine portion of my Time Capsule so soon, but unfortunately fake naked pictures of Hannah Montana sped up that process. It would appear I accidentally installed some sort of program that disabled access to the internet from my macbook. Whatever happened to it, forced me to reset my computer.

Now this used to happen almost on a monthly basis with my PC’s running windows XP, however I never had any sort of backup system for them. I never thought I’d have to format my Macbook, but thankfully I invested in a Time Capsule. Probably the easiest system restore I’ve ever done, even though it took 4 hours. Just pop in my Leopard DVD, and select restore from Time Machine backup when installing, and it literally has copied everything from 4 am this morning. It’s really like I never had to format my computer, minus the 4 hour downtime.

Keep in mind though, had I reformatted my computer without Time Machine, you’d have to factor in the process of installing the OS, applications, and documents and whatnot, assuming you had them stored somewhere else. 4 hours is not much time considering Photoshop, Office 2008, Final Cut Studio 2, and other applications I have are working exactly as they did before I had a desire for 15 year old pussy. Once again, I recommend getting a Time Capsule if you don’t already have an AirPort for your Macintosh.

Review: Time Capsule 500GB

I bought my Time Capsule a couple weeks ago now, and I’m pleased with it’s performance so far. It took a little bit of time to get everything to work with my network. The Time Capsule is basically an AirPort Extreme base station with a built in 500 gb HDD, which can be used for Apple’s Time Machine program, available in OS X Leopard. 

So far, I haven’t had any issues with my Time Capsule, aside from the few problems in the beginning. Time Capsule boasts a gigabit ethernet wired connection, with 802.11N wireless. The 500 gb HDD can be used by a number of Macintosh computers as an automatic backup system for their machines. You can also connect an external USB printer or HDD to the back of Time Capsule. I have had issues connecting to the external HDD, sometimes my Mac isn’t able to see the Time Capsule drive, eventhough it’s connect to the internet.

Compared to my old Linksys router, Time Capsule kicks it’s ass. There are many features available, such as global broadcast of devices, network security, and proper status updates. What I mean by status updates, is the Time Capsule will actually let you know the internet is down, by notifying you on screen, rather than finding out on your own when you’re trying to send that really important email.

My BlackBerry, which isn’t an Wireless N device gets much better service than it did with the Linksys. All in all it’s a good device if you want a secure, stable network, with backups for you Mac. The 500 gb model starts at $319.99 CND, or $299.99 if you get an open box unit. Good value for money, unless you have an AirPort Extreme already, in which case I would suggest getting an HDD and connecting it to your existing network, and save some money.