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| Apple Time Capsule MB276LL/A (AirPort Extreme Plus 500 GB Storage) | 
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| List Price: $299.00
Buy New: $288.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (based on 72 reviews)
Sales Rank: 441
Category: CE
Publisher: Apple Computer
Studio: Apple Computer
Brand: Apple
Label: Apple Computer
Format: Cd
Platforms: Macintosh, Windows
Media: Electronics
Autographed: 0
Memorabilia: 0
CPU Manufacturer: Intel
CPU Speed: 2.1
CPU Type: PowerPC G4
Processors: 1
System Memory: 8000
Memory Type: SDRAM
Hard Drive Size: 500
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.4
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
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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 67 more reviews...
 Lousy instructions, no cables December 24, 2008
1 out of 9 found this review helpful
Needless to say, it requires cables that are not included. This is wireless? It also requires you to know whether you are using a "Static IP address" or "PPP" for your internet service. What the hell do these mean?
 Learning the hard way December 15, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I've been a user of Mac osx for 5 years. I bought a Time Capsule recently, and am sharing this experience to save others pain. The device is good; but the user's manual is seriously deficient. Some tech writers are simply too close to the product to be able to see it with new eyes. They assume basics on behalf of a new user which simply are not there. I spent major portions of two days undoing the results of poor communications in the owner's guide for this device.
I bought the machine at the Apple Store in Buffalo, and they helped me set it up. So it seemed it should be a simple matter of taking it home and running it. Well, life is complicated. It turns out that my Intego firewall software was conflicting with the hardware firewall which comprises this device. So back to the store I went. (This was not Apple's fault; but I spent 2.5 hours at the store working with a guy at the genius bar. They're well named.) Nevertheless, the overlap of the firewalls could have been mentioned in the manual. After the genius solved the conflict issue, I went home assuming I would simply be able to plug in the device and live happily ever after.
Not So! And here's where the poor assumptions of the tech writers are to blame. Nowhere in the owner's guide is there a basic startup procedure. (Think of a new car buyer not being told in writing to put the key in the ignition, put your foot on the brake, start it up and put it in gear, before attempting to go anywhere.) These basic operating instructions were entirely missing. As a result, I tried to start up the device in a clumsy fashion, and ran it off the road -- only to have to take it back to the store for another hour of resetting the gizmo's preferences. I'm not a Mac novice. This all could have been avoided with the most basic of instructions. The Time Capsule seems like a great device; but the basics could be covered better. In retrospect, I should have insisted that the genius shut down the entire rig, and let me (no genius) take it out for a spin. This would have saved us both considerable time and effort. We both would have noticed that I had no license to operate this hotrod. Instead, I had to come back the next day to have said genius do his work over.
HINT: start the device from the uppermost toolbar along the top of your screen. (The icon spins slowly.) But first click on the banded arcs shaped as a slice of pie (the airport icon). Select the network to connect to, named during set up -- or found at a local hotspot. Beginning at the beginning is tremendously helpful! (Tinkering with panes that appear on the desktop is not. That's not were the ignition switch will be found.)
~eric.
 Just what I needed December 12, 2008
Easy to setup, works great, no problems so far. I have a laptop so this works great for a backup. I won't use it as my only backup device, but it is great for daily backups
Great product, easy to set up, works great. December 1, 2008
Great product, 5 stars. Set up was easy, it works with no issues. I had Linksys before and it was on and off all the time. Apple Time Capsule is running with no issues, adding new computer to my home wifi network is easy, backup works great. I love it. Great job Apple!
good service and a great product November 23, 2008
Made a setup with time capsule and the product is excellent.
Also a very quick delivery
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