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    Image of AndPreciousLittleofThat AndPreciousLittleofThat
    10/20/09

    In reply to Time Capsule and Airport Extreme Grow New Antennas to Get Faster and Stronger
    All well and good, but not what I needed to know. Does it use direct or indirect cooking methods? #timecapsule
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    Image of KTK1990 KTK1990
    10/20/09

    In reply to Time Capsule and Airport Extreme Grow New Antennas to Get Faster and Stronger
    I did see that they now say the time capsule has a server grade hard drive in it. #timecapsule
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    Image of DennyCraneDennyCraneDennyCrane DennyCraneDennyCraneDennyCrane
    10/20/09

    @KTK1990: What I want to know is what that little phrase is supposed to MEAN?

    Is is a 15k SAS drive, about the bare minimum I'd consider "Server class"? Is it marketing-speak for "fast", maybe a 10k SATA? Does it just mean that the new drives won't drop dead after a year and a half, like the old ones? Are they just charging more for it to put it in the same 'class' as a server drive?

    WHAT DOES 'SERVER CLASS' MEAN!? #timecapsule
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    Image of UnderLoK UnderLoK
    10/20/09

    @DennyCraneDennyCraneDennyCrane: In this case I would think it's in reference to its lifespan (hours).

    When you see lifespan outside of servers they are assuming that the drives will not be running 24/7/365.
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    Edited by UnderLoK at 10/20/09 2:57 PM UnderLoK was starred UnderLoK was unstarred
    Image of ripfire ripfire
    10/20/09

    In reply to New Apple Products Leaked, Sources Claim
    Apple rumors doesn't last very long. #apple
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    Image of phunnyballs phunnyballs
    10/20/09

    In reply to New Apple Products Leaked, Sources Claim
    Seriously... how hard is it to put in 4gb STANDARD? It would cost wholesale like $10 #apple
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    Image of Ehrich Blackhound Ehrich Blackhound
    10/20/09

    In reply to New Apple Products Leaked, Sources Claim
    "MC408LL/A - MAC MINI 2.53/2x2GB/1TB/NO ODD/AP-BT-USA"

    No ODD = "No Optical Disk Drive"??? #apple
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    10/20/09

    @Ehrich Blackhound: Sweet fancy Jesus. So, it begins. #apple
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    Image of Chimaera Chimaera
    10/20/09

    @Ehrich Blackhound: Ding.
    3rd Parties started offering this as an option when the Mini was refreshed this year and Apple moved to a SATA SuperDrive. If true, it'd be nice if Apple would offer it with a sealed drive slot. #apple
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    10/20/09

    In reply to New Apple Products Leaked, Sources Claim
    Wasn't the TC upgraded to simultaneous dual-band WiFi when the storage was bumped, or am I mistaken?

    A real "upgrade" to the TC would be fan-assisted cooling, cuz that mamajama gets hot.
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    Edited by Kaiser-Machead at 10/20/09 11:36 AM Kaiser-Machead was starred Kaiser-Machead was unstarred
    Image of the real that guy dave the real that guy dave
    10/20/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: My TC sits next to my AppleTV. I use them to make grilled cheese. #apple
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    Image of SigmundTheSeaMonster SigmundTheSeaMonster
    10/20/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Or move the powersupply outside... #apple
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_My Brute Dojo CDIAFIFE GitEmSteveDave_My Brute Dojo CDIAFIFE
    10/20/09

    In reply to New Apple Products Leaked, Sources Claim
    No new iTouches? #apple
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    Image of badhatharry badhatharry
    10/20/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_Hates #DoucheDad: Oh my god, are you serious? The iPod event was like a month ago. Also, I'm new here, and to the earf, so I can't tell sarcasm. #apple
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    10/20/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_Hates #DoucheDad: A new iTouch would be nice, but the iTouches were upgraded not long ago so I don't suppose we'll be seeing anything new on the iTouch end.

    iTouch. #apple
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    10/20/09


    @GitEmSteveDave_NodsHisHeadLike...: Unbelievable. It works every time. #apple
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    Image of jakebathman jakebathman
    10/20/09

    In reply to New Apple Products Leaked, Sources Claim
    That big red "breaking" icon makes me feel like this is way more important than it actually is. #apple
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    Image of matt buchanan matt buchanan
    10/20/09

    @jakebathman: Um, I don't think you understand. This will be the greatest VESA mount adapter in the history of VESA adapters. #apple
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    Image of iamnotafish iamnotafish
    10/20/09

    @matt buchanan: Matt, I'mma let you finish, but Dell made the best VESA mount adaptors of all time! OF. ALL. TIME. #apple
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    10/20/09

    @iamnotafish: GOD DAMN YOU AND YOUR SHUTTER GLASSES! #apple
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    10/20/09

    In reply to New Apple Products Leaked, Sources Claim
    Pretty sure "SIM DUALBAND" means Simultaneous Dualband -- as in, they'll be able to do WiFi on both the 2.8ghz and 5ghz bands at the same time. #apple
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    Image of HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H. HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H.
    10/20/09

    @HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H.: @HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H.: @HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H.: Err... make that 2.4 ghz.

    Also, any reason it's telling me "Timeout error: you have only 15 minutes to modify a comment" on a comment I made a minute ago? #apple
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    10/20/09

    @HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H.: Wow, I really fail at commenting today. #apple
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    Image of KLanD KLanD
    10/12/09

    In reply to Are Apple Time Capsules Short Lived?
    Yup, that sounds like a typical Apple product to me, built in obsolescence and all.
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    10/12/09

    In reply to Are Apple Time Capsules Short Lived?
    Not overly surprising considering the lack of ventilation in the units and that the damn things use the Deathstar brand that Hitachi bought from IBM.
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    Image of smegz smegz
    10/12/09

    In reply to Are Apple Time Capsules Short Lived?
    This is why a NAS raid enclosure WITH YOUR OWN DRIVES is better than any of the crap any of these so called i-need-to-cut-corners-to-make-it-under-budget tech firms (Apple included) tries to shovel down your cake hole.

    You bought a custom drive enclosure with crappy drives because it had the mark of the beas...err Apple logo on it which makes you a complete tool.

    Now bend over...it will sting just a bit cause we cut lube from the budget this year.
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    Lite: hates Illinois Nazis promoted this comment smegz was starred smegz was unstarred
    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    10/12/09

    @smegz: And here I thought you were the complete tool for going off on a rand about Apple or any other company blindly whil pimping NAS enclosures that often have just as poor of cooling and quality of drives as the ones found in the Time Capsule from Apple...

    Whoops. Bad me.
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    Image of ottermann killed Kenny ottermann killed Kenny
    10/12/09

    In reply to Are Apple Time Capsules Short Lived?
    I was going to post a reply here that contained some bitting truths about this subject, but I scrolled down and read a few previous replies first.
    That was a mistake.
    I read ponies response and snorted so hard, my testicles shot out my nose.
    Excuse me.
    I have to go to the hospital.
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    Image of Stitchopoulis Stitchopoulis
    10/12/09

    In reply to Are Apple Time Capsules Short Lived?
    It doesn't seem to be the "server grade" hard drives that are failing, it's the (second grade, held back a year?) power supplies.

    I'm usually ok with rolling my own electronics, but those capacitors are pretty high powered and don't have a bleed-off, so I'm scared. Mine lasted 549 days.
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    Edited by Stitchopoulis at 10/12/09 5:00 PM Stitchopoulis was starred Stitchopoulis was unstarred
    Image of Hiphopopotamus Hiphopopotamus
    10/12/09

    In reply to Are Apple Time Capsules Short Lived?
    One more thing... introducing, available today, the Time Capsule Capsule. Now any home user can use their WiFi connection to automatically backup their Time Capsule!
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