01-15-2008, 05:53 PM
"Seems to only come with one HD, so no redundancy."
If you were looking for Apple to build a RAID server into an Airport Extreme, or dual drives, for "redundancy", this is a tad unrealistic, don't ya think? Keep in mind, tools like Time Machine are aimed at the overwhelming majority of computer users who've still never backed up ANYthing on ANY kind of external device or media. This should make it even easier.
Just the fact that a modern OS has a user-friendly backup tool built in is already a major breakthrough for the non-geek community (representing the OTHER 90% of Apple users, millions of people) I'd say that a Time Capsule---hardware to support the software---is an impressive step in the right direction.
The rest of us geeks and hobbyists can take care of our own backup strategies and advanced redundant arrays, etc.
For regular users, I think this is a cool addition to Apple's lineup.
If you were looking for Apple to build a RAID server into an Airport Extreme, or dual drives, for "redundancy", this is a tad unrealistic, don't ya think? Keep in mind, tools like Time Machine are aimed at the overwhelming majority of computer users who've still never backed up ANYthing on ANY kind of external device or media. This should make it even easier.
Just the fact that a modern OS has a user-friendly backup tool built in is already a major breakthrough for the non-geek community (representing the OTHER 90% of Apple users, millions of people) I'd say that a Time Capsule---hardware to support the software---is an impressive step in the right direction.
The rest of us geeks and hobbyists can take care of our own backup strategies and advanced redundant arrays, etc.
For regular users, I think this is a cool addition to Apple's lineup.