Apple Time Capsule 500 GB

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- Price

+ Easy to use

- Gets very hot! Cant back up files on the TC's HDD.

+ Reliable, easy to use

- Noisy, expensive, can be slow at times

+ Design, high speed wireless, range

- Set up is very complicated, wireless backup is erratic and I have now connected my iMac via ethernet and have ended up having to wipe my macbook backup, then back up again (over ethernet) a number of times. Works fine over ethernet but this defeats the object.

+ Good Wireless range; backup process with Time Machine is seamless, much more elegant than using Retrospect.

- No power switch - has to stay on all the time. No way to modify the frequency of backups. I had to reset the unit (and guess the procedure for doing so) to get it going after my first botched attempt at configuring it.

+ Perfect backup solution, just set it up and forget it's there knowing your always backed up when you need it.

- Could be smaller in size and backup could be a little faster.

+ Does what it is supposed to do and extends your network

- Runs a bit hot at times.

+ Looks great, ethernet cable at 1Mb instead of data transfer thru usb at 480m/ps for great transfer speeds and the wireless network makes it great for use between PC and MAC

- The drive automatically shuts down after a set period to conserve energy which mean when you try to reacess music files the audio stops while the drive 'wakes up again. When Time Machine backs up you end up having a 250Gb HD instead of 500Gb because it backs everything up plus what you've aleady using.