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Apple Time Capsule 500GB (Dual-band) review

Apple's brilliant wireless backup system evolves. Very slightly…

Our Score 4

Last reviewed: 2009-05-08May 8th 2009

Price at launch £229.00
MPN MB764lla
Description Wireless router with built-in network storage and print and hard drive sharing
Features 500GB network attached storage (1TB version also available)
Additional Information 1 x USB port for network access to a USB printer or USB external hard drive / 2.4GHz and 5GHz dual-band broadcasting for maximum wireless connection / Guest network option to allow internet access without print/file server access
Additional Requirements Bonjour for Windows required for print/hard drive sharing on Windows machines (supplied)
OS Requirements Apple Mac OS X 10.4 or later, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP SP 2
Protocol Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, IEEE 802.11a, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11n (draft), USB
802.11a Wi-Fi Yes
802.11b Wi-Fi Yes
802.11g Wi-Fi Yes
802.11n Wi-Fi Yes
No of Ethernet Ports 3

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Product Summary

Key specs


802.11a Wi-Fi: Yes |
802.11b Wi-Fi: Yes |
802.11g Wi-Fi: Yes |
802.11n Wi-Fi: Yes |

Full spec

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Very easy to use

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n & g networks run at full speed

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USB disk and printer sharing

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Stupidly expensive

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No built-in modem

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Slow initial backup

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