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Time Capsule Bumped to 2 TB
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  by Glenn Fleishman <glenn@tidbits.com>
  article link: <http://db.tidbits.com/article/10446>

  Apple has pumped up the capacity of the Time Capsule, adding a 2 TB
  model for $499. The 1 TB version remains available, reduced from
  $499 to $299. The 500 GB Time Capsule has been discontinued.

<http://www.apple.com/timecapsule/backup.html>

  The Time Capsule can host Time Machine backups on a local network,
  as well as acting as network-attached storage over AFP and SMB. The
  product also includes all the functionality of the simultaneous
  dual-band AirPort Extreme Base Station.

  I've been down on Apple for a while for charging $499 for the 1 TB
  Time Capsule as drives of that capacity dropped to $100 or less,
  even with some of the same server-grade specs as those used in the
  Time Capsule.

  The new price is in line with the value of a $179 AirPort Extreme
  plus a hard drive plus a little something for putting it into a
  single box.

  For more information on using a Time Capsule for backups and
  networking, see my book, "Take Control of Your 802.11n AirPort
  Network," and Joe Kissell's "Take Control of Easy Backups in
  Leopard."

<http://www.takecontrolbooks.com/airport-n?pt=TB989>
<http://www.takecontrolbooks.com/leopard-easy-backup?pt=TB989>

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