Haven't looked at the details, but I like CrashPlan. Gives me local and offsite backups.
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Haven't looked at the details, but I like CrashPlan. Gives me local and offsite backups.
icemanjc
I'm cool, I have a mac.
What is Time Capsule actually?
Qion
Uber Nothing
It's a wireless hard drive.
Esquilinho
Registered
Of course! It's $1799 + taxes! What did you expect?
Mikuro
Crotchety UI Nitpicker
Well, I was really excited when I heard about the 64GB flash drive. Then I saw that it costs at extra $999! 
It's nice to see Apple using the technology, but it looks like it'll be a few more years before it will approach the mainstream. Then again, maybe it's only so expensive because it has to be so small, in which case we might see a more reasonably-priced option for MacBooks and MacBook Pros.
Time Capsule is a welcome addition, but it just makes it all the more confusing why this feature (backing up over the network) was not enabled from the get-go. Does it actually require Time Capsule, or will it work with any networked disk now?
It's nice to see Apple using the technology, but it looks like it'll be a few more years before it will approach the mainstream. Then again, maybe it's only so expensive because it has to be so small, in which case we might see a more reasonably-priced option for MacBooks and MacBook Pros.Time Capsule is a welcome addition, but it just makes it all the more confusing why this feature (backing up over the network) was not enabled from the get-go. Does it actually require Time Capsule, or will it work with any networked disk now?
Why not just replace both with one machine (MacBook Pro)?
Thank The Cheese
Registered
My 2 cents:
Love:
- New AppleTV interface available to existing ATV's. That was a nice surprise, and a nice change for apple.
- MacBook Air (not that I would want one, but very cool)
- firmware 1.1.3 looks great, though will now have to wait until it gets jailbroken (also, the triangulation is not going to work in places like australia )
Don't love
- iPod Touch apps costing +$20. they should have been there from the beginning.
- Rental prices seem a little high, not that I expected them to be any lower, but still.
- No change in TV show situation (not that it affects us non-USA people anyway)
Questions
- Can you use Time Capsule as a NAS, or does it HAVE to be used as a backup drive? I imagine you can use it like a normal HD if you want?
- No way to get Firewire into a MB Air?
- Will the multi-touch featres of MB Air come in an OS X update for all macs with a touchpad? There is no technical reason why not AFAIK?
Love:
- New AppleTV interface available to existing ATV's. That was a nice surprise, and a nice change for apple.
- MacBook Air (not that I would want one, but very cool)
- firmware 1.1.3 looks great, though will now have to wait until it gets jailbroken (also, the triangulation is not going to work in places like australia
)Don't love
- iPod Touch apps costing +$20. they should have been there from the beginning.
- Rental prices seem a little high, not that I expected them to be any lower, but still.
- No change in TV show situation (not that it affects us non-USA people anyway)
Questions
- Can you use Time Capsule as a NAS, or does it HAVE to be used as a backup drive? I imagine you can use it like a normal HD if you want?
- No way to get Firewire into a MB Air?
- Will the multi-touch featres of MB Air come in an OS X update for all macs with a touchpad? There is no technical reason why not AFAIK?
symphonix
Scratch & Sniff Committee
Judging by the main picture on this page ( http://www.apple.com/timecapsule/backup.html ), the answer is yes, it *is* a NAS. It's marketed as Time Capsule because thats its purpose and intended use, but a NAS is what it is, AFAIK.
Again, like so many Apple products, Time Capsule seems expensive until you add up the different products it replaces. In this case its NAS + 802.11n/a/b/g router + print server with gigabit ethernet LAN connections, so the value for money isn't bad at all.
Satcomer
In Geostationary Orbit
When I went over the MacBook Air Guided Tour I noticed near the end about the "Remote Disk" function included with the software install disk for MacBook Air. I am wondering how this get's installed on other computers (Mac and/or PC).
symphonix
Scratch & Sniff Committee
From a CD. It'll ship with CDs/DVDs containing Mac OS X, iLife, etc and the remote disk utility for windows and Mac will be included.
Satcomer
In Geostationary Orbit
I will wonder how long until this software make it to the underground on the net. It seems to be something some people might be interested in.
Couple of my thoughts:
Still no movies for the UK iTunes store, rental or otherwise.
Macbook Air is pretty cool but I can't see myself rushing out to buy one, especially with the baseline model being only £100 cheaper than a MBP. Maybe good for business people who have to carry their laptop around a lot? Although the Macbook and Macbook Pro are hardly excessively heavy or thick. Also the lack of optical drive and same integrated graphics chip used by the Macbooks is a bit of a downer, if necessary for obvious reasons.
Very impressed with Time capsule, nice price also.
Does anyone know if Apple plan to make the multi-touch trackpad standard on all laptops in future?
Still no movies for the UK iTunes store, rental or otherwise.
Macbook Air is pretty cool but I can't see myself rushing out to buy one, especially with the baseline model being only £100 cheaper than a MBP. Maybe good for business people who have to carry their laptop around a lot? Although the Macbook and Macbook Pro are hardly excessively heavy or thick. Also the lack of optical drive and same integrated graphics chip used by the Macbooks is a bit of a downer, if necessary for obvious reasons.
Very impressed with Time capsule, nice price also.
Does anyone know if Apple plan to make the multi-touch trackpad standard on all laptops in future?
Would be nice if they made a kind of wireless home hub featuring the optical drive and hard drive for it, that's something I WOULD buy.
Use the 80gig harddrive for when you're away from home, once you get back it automatically reconnects to the hub, maybe even a remote feature so that you can connect to the hub via the internet and have remote access to the rest of your files.
Use the 80gig harddrive for when you're away from home, once you get back it automatically reconnects to the hub, maybe even a remote feature so that you can connect to the hub via the internet and have remote access to the rest of your files.