AirPort Extreme users aren’t too happy about Time Capsule
Apple seems to have been changing their ways a bit recently. The iPhone price drop was where it all started. Then they gave us an upgrade to the iPod Touch that we should have had in the first place - but they charge existing customers $20. I’m not sure what’s going on in Cupertino - but I’m not liking it. I hope Apple makes up for all of these mishaps some time soon. Maybe refunding the $20 to everyone that paid, and giving it for free? It worked with the iPhone. The latest controversy with early adopters is from the Airport Extreme users. They are not too happy about Time Capsule. In the keynote, Steve promised that existing Airport Extreme base stations would be able to work with external hard drives and back up wirelessly. All of the Airport Extreme owners would have been looking forward to that features. Unfortunately, they found that there was no such thing.
I hope Apple does give an update to Leopard that allows wireless backups from an Airport Extreme base station. I don’t own one myself - but I know a lot of people that do. Apple gave absolutely no indication of releasing a new product like this, that would mean their current one is out of date and won’t work with a feature that was promised.
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Too bloody right - I bought an AEBS and a hard drive, expecting to use Time Machine with it - Apple should let me know how they’re going to make this work, or else offer me a side-grade from AEBS to Time Capsule, unless of course they expect to see a load of second hand AEBSs appear on eBay.
on January 24, 2008 at 08:36 AM - LINK