Time Capsule shipping Sunday, new ones in Jan.?

I can't imagine they are thinking about clearing out inventory before they even get the first product in to sell. I imagine that 1 January 2009 date is just a place holder. Not that I don't believe an upgrade is coming in the future or even that January 2009 make sense - just that Apple isn't going to share that information with Best Buy. A good comparison would be if the iMacs of Airport Extreme, or iPods are carrying a similar placeholder date in the Best Buy inventory system.

...or spin down between backups to save the 'juice'...?

I wonder if it is possible to use the extra space on the drive as an external Apple TV drive.

Hello! :)

The maximum capacity of the Time Capsule is sorely disappointing. How do I backup my iMac which itself has a one terabyte hard drive, nearly full? :(

you always download all that pr0n again :)

The solution was meant for laptops, who tend to operate wirelessly around the house, rather than desktops that tend to be tethered in one place. In the case of the desktop, you can afford to have an external hard drive right next to the computer with whatever storage size your heart desires.

With laptops, I think the hard drive options max out at 160GB for non aftermarket options, so 1TB is just dandy.

do you really want to back up 1 TB over wireless or even ethernet? for that amount of data i think an external firewire drive makes more sense. at least that's the conclusion i've come to, being in the same situation.

You are so right - HELLOOO! Only 1 TB? They clearly didn't have YOU in mind when they were wondering how much space would be enough. What WERE they thinking?

What the hell do you guys store on your hard drives? Jeez, I've got a 120GB in my system now and there's plenty of free space left. Maybe I'm just more frugal about storing things. MP3s, etc. are backed up on DVDs rather than wasting space on the hard drive.

I'm seriously considering the small Time Capsule. It will serve my needs quite well.

Printing flyers involves a certain "lead time" that can up to several weeks. That may explain why, if you try to actually order a Time Capsule from Best Buy, you get thi noticifations:

Backordered: Usually leaves our warehouse within 1-2 weeks Store Pickup: Available at most stores, 3/10-3/21/200