Apple Time Capsule review

What you need to know

Reviewed by: Rich Brown

Reviewed on: 5 March 2008

Tags: Apple, Apple Time Capsule, power button, USB port, screens

We like:

Clean design; good deal for DraftN router and 500GB or 1TB of storage; low maintenance data backup for Mac users; extensibility via USB port

We don't like:

Only average networking performance; few advanced storage features beyond backup capabilities, and those only for Mac users

CNET UK judgement:

Apple's hybrid 802.11n wireless router/networked hard drive offers some powerful data backup features for Mac owners, as well as Apple's typical pleasing design. Windows users and anyone who demands speed from their 802.11n network will be disappointed

Full review:

Apple's new Time Capsule is one of only two devices we know of that incorporates both a wireless router and a hard drive into the same product. The other -- the year-and-a-half-old Asus WL-700gE router -- offers neither the same high-speed wireless bandwidth nor as much storage capacity as the Time Capsule, which comes in 500GB (for £199) and 1TB for (£329) varieties. Continue Reading...