March 1st 2008 04:02 am
Time Capsule first impressions
Filed under: Features, Wireless, Storagedigg_url = 'http://digg. Es / apple / Time_Capsule_first_impressions'; Okay, we have our Time Capsule up and running here - we are back with a full review once every 516GB backup is complete, but here are some quick first impressions: You can definitely hear the disc spinning and access. It sounds like there is a fan there, but there is no air in a clear and we can not feel any air coming, so that the units could be high. The wireless side of things is basically the same as the Airport Extreme, nothing shocking, but the setup wizard has been substantially revised to make things easier. The setup wizard now asks if you already have a 2. 4GHz network and offers 5GHz create a secondary network, which is interesting. That's all for now - there is not much that we can prove this backup while it is in progress. |
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