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Apple Time Capsule MB276LL/A (AirPort Extreme Plus 500 GB Storage) | 
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| Brand: Apple
Category: CE
List Price: $299.00
Buy New: $254.95
You Save: $44.05 (15%)
New (9) Used (3) from $245.00
Rating:  73 reviews
Sales Rank: 441
Format: Cd
Platforms: Macintosh, Windows
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Operating System: Windows XP Professional Edition
CPU Manufacturer: Intel
CPU Speed: 2.10
CPU Type: PowerPC G4
Processors: 1
System Memory: 8000
Memory Type: SDRAM
Hard Drive Size: 500
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 11.4 x 11.3 x 5.7
MPN: MB276LL/A
Model: MB276LL/A
UPC: 885909192700
EAN: 0885909192700
ASIN: B0012JJOQO
Release Date: February 1, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Condition: Brand new and factory sealed. New item, not a refurb.
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| Features:
| • | A revolutionary backup device that works wirelessly with Time Machine in Mac OS X Leopard | | • | Time Capsule can back up and store files for each Leopard-based Mac on your wireless network | | • | 500 GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA server-grade hard drive gives you all the capacity and safety you need | | • | More than just a wireless hard drive, Time Capsule is also a full-featured AirPort Extreme Base Station with 802.11n technology | | • | Works with Mac and PC |
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Product Description
Introducing Time Capsule. Automatic wireless backup for your Mac. Time Capsule is a revolutionary backup device that works wirelessly with Time Machine in Mac OS X Leopard. It automatically backs up everything, so you no longer have to worry about losing your digital life. Time Capsule is also a full-featured 802.11n Wi-Fi base station. Every computer in your house can work off a wireless network at blazing speeds. And they can back up wirelessly to the same Time Capsule.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 25 more reviews...
 The Best Way to Backup a Mac Laptop March 4, 2008
Jeffrey Heaton (St. Louis, MO)
36 out of 36 found this review helpful
I've been using Time Machine since I upgraded to Leopard. While Time Machine is great for backing up my iMac, its a pain to have to hook up my Mac Book Pro and new Mac Book Air to an external hard drive. The Time Capsule is great for that. So long as my laptop is open and running, a backup can happen.
Make sure you remember to do your first backup using ethernet. Otherwise it is going to be slow. Apple does not want to bog down your network with backups, so when you are backing up wirelessly, it will intentionally throttle the connection sped.
This device also functions as a wireless router. I was able to remove my previous Air Port Extreme from the network. The large size is nice because you are able to share one large drive and backup several smaller computers. My iMac and laptop all backup just fine.
The device does run a little hot. The Best Way to Backup a Mac Laptop
Absolutely outstanding experience! March 4, 2008
Erik S. Johnson (Yamhill County, OR)
34 out of 35 found this review helpful
I'll make this short... I just got my 500GB Time Capsule and, so far, it's been an absolutely outstanding experience. I was already on a wireless network and was a little confused about how well this thing would go in. So, followed the simple instructions that came with the AirPort Setup Utility and, voila, I was talking to the Time Capsule (TC). I decided to stand the TC up as a separate, Apple only wireless network, and to connect (specifically, bridge vs. Double DHCP) the TC up to my existing router. The installation took about five minutes and was absolutely flawless (I now have an Apple-only 802.11n network, and my original 802.11g network for guests). Oh, and did I say the 802.11n wireless is bloody FAST?!
As soon as I specified the TC as my Time Machine backup server, two minutes later the initial backup was cranking away. No false starts, no crazy configuration management or Regedit blah blah blah -- I plugged it in, gave it a couple of key data points, and it was up and working!
Only gripe I have is that I couldn't migrate my existing Time Machine backups to the new TC -- a minor inconvenience, but one I can live with...
THIS is the reason that I buy and use Apple products. I am exceptionally happy with this purchase. Three thumbs up!
Update 2008-03-20: I had some limited drop-outs of the wireless, but it wasn't a "killer" issue. Last night, Apple issued a Time Capsule update, and I'm happy to report the service has been absolutely flawless, and bloody fast -- the wireless function feels like it is orders of magnitude faster than before... Again, this has been an excellent experience, and I'll be purchasing my second Time Capsule for my daughter in the next couple of weeks.
no problems - Leopard (10.5) Tiger (10.4), XP-Pro sp2, Vista Home Premium March 9, 2008
Lovin Balmer (Baltimore, MD United States)
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
I have had Time Capsule for only 2 days. It took about 10 minutes to set up as a stand-alone router and networked drive. I also tried it alongside my old linksys as a mac-only 802.11n router/drive. Both worked great. I had no problem installing the software on my windows laptops; wifi and everything else works as advertised. The real beauty is Time Machine - for your first back up, turn off your AirPort card and attach an rj-45 cable for the fastest back-ups, after that it backs up your Leopard laptop every hour wirelessly, almost no speed degradation when the back-up happens. Wonderful product, highly recommend. Just to clarify for some reviewers it is $[...] for the 500GB and $[...] for 1TB.
Works as Promised! March 22, 2008
Anthony Brillon (Texas)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Im a new apple convert. I just purchased a macbook for my wife about a month ago. I finally got fed up with windows. My Linksys router which is a wireless B router is tired, and failing. So I decided since I bought my wife a new laptop, and I will be buying an imac soon, I would splurge and get the Time Capsule. I dreaded the networking nightmare on getting the macbook, my current xp box, 2 usb printers, an external hard drive, and ipod.
To my surprise it didnt take long at all to set this up. I started with just plugging up the time capsule directly to the macbook. Setup was a breeze. I then plugged up the windows box. It also was a breeze as it was simply going to ethernet. I did have problems with the two usb printers though. They worked fine printing through a usb hub connected to the windows box, but I couldnt get it to work on the macbook. I simply reinstalled the drivers in the macbook and it worked. I also have an external hard drive as well as an ipod hooked into my usb hub which is also plugged into the time capsule. Everything works great!
It took longer to backup the macbook using time machine then setting Time Capsule up. I highly recommend this. Its a breeze!!!!
Great Product! March 30, 2008
AB (So. CA USA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Got this as a replacement for an older Linksys router and to use automatic backups with Time Machine. Works perfectly! Setup is easy if the instructions are followed exactly. One thing that I had to do was to reset my cable modem after setup like the instructions say. After I did that I was up and running. I was a little hesitant to buy at first, reading a lot of negative reviews, but I think the key is to follow the instructions. All of my laptops and my network printer are working great with this router. I have two Macbooks and one laptop running Vista and one running XP. I also have the Wii console working with this. All were easy to configure and work well. The backups are also easy. The first backup takes awhile so do it overnight. A little pricey but It works very well.
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