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
Small form, fits neatly in an Apple showroom. Makes Time Machine even more convenient.
Still pricey. Two great tastes, but do they taste great together? Feature-limited compared to competitors? NILLSlightModeratePalpableExtreme
The Apple Time Capsule isnt such an exciting product in and of itself, but paired with Tigers new Time Machine backup feature, it becomes a convenient addition. Basically, its an Airport Extreme with a hard disk drive built in. Were skeptical of ...
Abstract: As you might expect, Steve Jobs kept Apple’s most impressive new piece of hardware for last: The MacBook Air. It’s a super slim, metallic notebook with a 13” screen, full size keyboard, LED based display, and optional solid state hard disk drive. Sound...
Abstract: What Apples Time Machine software does for backing up your Mac, the Time Capsule does for an entire home network. This slim square slab contains a hard disk, which any Mac running the latest Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard operating system can use for creating...
Clean design, Good deal for DraftN 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
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 DraftN 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
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 disappointe...
Abstract: Wireless base station and backupPlug it in, use an assistant to walk you through configuration, connect to the device or connect it to an existing network, and select its internal hard drive as the Time Machine destination for your networked Macs.In my fi...
Abstract: The name ‘Capsules' always brought tears to our eyes but this capsule from Apple is a different beast altogether. It is meant for pure massive data storage space! How does it look? Well, it is neat, glossy and white in color and off course has your favori...
Abstract: Lors de la commande d'un Time Capsule nous avions choisi le modèle 500 Go qui nous suffisait et était nettement moins cher que le modèle 1 To. Nous nous étions également dit que plus tard, le prix des disques ayant baissé nous le remplacerions par un plu...
Le design, La simplicité dutilisation, Le serveur dimpression, Les fonctions du routeur, La taille des disques, Le prix
Le flou autour des fonctions embarquées
Qui dautre quApple pouvait concevoir un beau disque dur réseau (NAS) spécialement pour les Mac ? Time Capsule est donc la solution a priori idéale pour copier ses fichiers automatiquement avec Time Machine, la fonction de sauvegarde intégrée à la der...
