Apple Time Capsule MC343LL/A 1TB Sim DualBand [OLD VERSION]

by Apple

Product Details

• Item Weight: 4.9 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B002TLTGGM
• Item model number: MC343LL/A
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (80 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: August 7, 2009

Product Description

Time Capsule is a backup device that works wirelessly with Time Machine in Mac OS X Leopard. It automatically backs up everything, so you don t 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. What's in the Box : Time Capsule, CD with AirPort Utility (Mac and Windows), AirPort Disk Utility for Windows, Bonjour for Windows, Power cord, Printed and electronic documentation.

Customer Reviews

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63 of 64 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars So far so good, February 26, 2010

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rprice54 "rprice54" (USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Apple Time Capsule MC343LL/A 1TB Sim DualBand [OLD VERSION] (Personal Computers)

Going on three months of use. I do wonder about some of the posts about this thing dying after 18 months as this particular model (dual band) has not been in existence that long...

As a router, this thing is tops. Used it to replace a Linksys N router. I get much better range and much faster data now on my macbook. Before, in my bedroom, less than 50 ft away from my router, I couldn't watch standard def Hulu videos at all. Now I can stream high def videos without any delays or pauses. Part of it is because I also have G devices (Wii, iphones, etc) and the old linksys was forced to operate on that slower frequency. This thing effectively gives you a separate G router and N router- so my macbook finally can operate at full N speed but still provide service to older devices. This thing smokes the linksys in range and speed.

As a time capsule it works. I backup my iMac and my Macbook to it. I had a Seagate drive before that died after 9 months. So now I have a time capsule and another external hard drive, I rotate between the two to have redundant data for WHEN one of them fails. All Hard drives fail at some point. I do wonder about heat, there's no fan, but it never gets very hot to the touch.

Very happy with it so far.

89 of 96 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Please read, and remember that some of the reviewers just got there TC, March 22, 2010

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Kevin Stanley Scardina "Popmedic" (Denver, CO USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Apple Time Capsule MC343LL/A 1TB Sim DualBand [OLD VERSION] (Personal Computers)

Okay, I read the reviews, I read about it "stopping working after 3-18 months", but I also read a bunch of reviews about how great it was. So, I decided to give it a try. It was incredibly easy to install, and worked awesome. I was stoked, but still wondered about the "stopped working" reviews. Well, 3 months later, it just stopped working. No lights, no nothing, just not working. Talked to Apple about it, and honestly, I don't know what happened to Apple, they used to be the anti-Microsoft, but now, they have the same customer service as Microsoft. The customer service was rude, condescending, and not helpful at all. I have been a senior software engineer for 15 years, working at times for Microsoft, Borland, Corral, Macromedia, Adobe, Steinburg, and many more. The tech support treated me like a 5 year old. Long story short, DO NOT BUY THIS PRODUCT UNLESS YOU ARE IN THE MARKET FOR A REALLY EXPENSIVE PAPER WEIGHT. Funny thing, my brother bought an older version of the TC and about a month after mine stopped working, his stopped working, granted he got an extra 3 month more then me. Same story with him, stopped working and no help. I urge you to remember that the reviews that praise the product, probably just bought the product and installed it. Like I said for the first 3 months I was VERY impressed, but now I sure wish I had realized that the good reviewers only had their TC for hours.

67 of 76 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Works for a while, then..., January 19, 2010

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M. Chan (Columbus, OH) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Apple Time Capsule MC343LL/A 1TB Sim DualBand [OLD VERSION] (Personal Computers)

The time capsule is a great idea that doesn't work.

It might work the first time, but then over time you start having problems.

(1) The dreaded infinite spinning wheel that forces you to restart your machine,
(2) Sudden slowing down of ones computer.

The first suggestion Apple will make is, why don't you reinitialize the disk and try again. "Isn't this the disk with all of your backups?"

Apple next solution is to give you a new one, but each one eventually encounters the same problem, and so back you go to the store.

In summary, this is a machine that is suppose to save you work because it saves you time backing up. The reality is that this is a machine that will force you to use to time fix it, and in the end you won't have a backup of your data.

Apple makes some great products. This is not one of them.