Testseek.co.uk have collected 63 expert reviews of the Apple Time Capsule MB276 / MB277 and the average rating is 73%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Apple Time Capsule MB276 / MB277.
April 2008
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The editors liked
This little beauty from Apple is the perfect way to protect your Mac against fire
Flood and acts of God. Why? Well it’s an all-in-one router with a wireless hard drive. In the flesh we found that it shovelled data from your Mac speedier than Lewis...
Great idea
Neat and tidy backup solution
Large hard drive
Easy to use
No maintenance required once you’ve set it up
Easy to set up. Speedy Wi-Fi router. Back-ups without thinking about it. Terabyte capacity ...
Easy to configure (especially on Macs)
Share additional disks over USB
Share a printer
Automatic
Transparent
Wireless backup
Versioned
Incremental
Share printers and disks to Macs and PCs
Clean design
Good deal for DraftN router and 500GB or 1TB of storage
Low maintenance data backup for Mac users
Extensibility via USB port
Easy to install
Easy to manage
Backups without you having to think about it
The editors didn't like
Unfortunately
The Time Capsule only works with Mac computers
So if you're a dedicated Windows devotee there's not really much here for you to get excited about. Also
For best performance it can't be too far from your machine despite its N-s...
Hourly backups are too often
Wireless bakup is time-consuming
Gigabit Ethernet file transfer is markedly slow
Backup software Mac-only. No remote access or UPnP. Runs hot...
No browser-based admin tool
No way to check disk integrity
Slow initial backup
No convenient way to secure backups
Only average networking performance
Few advanced storage features beyond backup capabilities
Great backup software for Macs, High-speed N WiFi, Very quiet
No backup for PCs, Setup issues, Expensive
Once again Apple has delivered another impressive product. Its elegant integration of two things most people need in their lives – network storage and a high-speed wireless router – makes it a highly useful product for both Mac and PC use...
Wireless-n at 2.4 or 5 GHz. Flawless operation with networked Time Machine backups, as well as with USB hard drive and printer sharing. Good price.
Lacks home media-serving features. Printer sharing but no print server. No hardware redundancy. No easy upgrade path.
Apple has done a fine job of building an easy way for Leopard users to perform Time Machine backups over the network, but dont expect advanced NAS features....
Very good wireless range; easy to set up; 1TB of storage; operates on dual bands; works seamlessly with Mac OS X 10.5, particularly Time Machine backup application
Lacks Web-based administration; no Windows backup software included; no media-server capabilities
Part wireless router and part backup drive, Apples Time Capsule will appeal to home users, especially those using the Mac OS X Time Machine backup utility. As a router, it performed admirably, but if youre looking for full NAS functionality, there ar...
Abstract: Apples new Time Capsule is a wireless base station with a built-in hard drive. Designed to integrate with the Time Machine backup system introduced in Mac OS X 10.5 "Leopard," it provides a hard drive for backups, as well as AirPort Extreme functi...
Abstract: Data backup falls resolutely at the dreary end of the tech-task scale; periodically market researchers release stats showing how few people take the time to safely copy their accumulated files, usually prompting a guilty DVD burning session which never...
Abstract: With its new Leopard operating system, Apple tried to solve one of the most nagging problems faced by home-computer users: how to regularly back up their computers completely and painlessly. Leopard includes a feature called Time Machine that automatic...
Clean design; good deal for Draft-N router and 500GB or 1TB of storage; low maintenance data backup for Mac users; extensibility via USB port.
Only average networking performance; few advanced storage features beyond backup capabilities, and those only for Mac users.
Apples hybrid 802.11n wireless router/networked hard drive offers some powerful data backup features for Mac owners, as well as Apples typical pleasing design. Windows users and anyone who demands speed from their 802.11n network will be disappointed.
Clean design; good deal for Draft-N router and 500GB or 1TB of storage; low maintenance data backup for Mac users; extensibility via USB port.
Only average networking performance; few advanced storage features beyond backup capabilities, and those only for Mac users.
Apples hybrid 802.11n wireless router/networked hard drive offers some powerful data backup features for Mac owners, as well as Apples typical pleasing design. Windows users and anyone who demands speed from their 802.11n network will be disappointed.
Abstract: Time Capsule is a Wi-Fi router and a network storage device to be used with Mac OS 10.5 Leopard’s Time Machine. THE FACTS In the overarching Apple mission to pamper us with ease-of-use, Time Capsule takes the onerous elements of data back-up out...
