For the first time in quite awhile, I had absolutely no vested interest in Steve Jobs' MacWorld Keynote. I have a brand new iMac. I have the iPod Touch, which I'm happy with. I don't need or want an iPhone. I'm just a happy, contented person.
Nevertheless, I still tuned in for the Keynote. Like most Mac owners, I get a kick out of the Steve Jobs "Reality Distortion Field", which is a real, honest-to-goodness phenomenon. Google it. Check it out.
The ultra-thin notebook was kind of cute, useless for me, but still cute. My brow was raised with the announcement of the new iPod Touch apps, making it even more like an iPhone. The iTunes movie rental service seemed ground-breaking, like Apple wanted to nudge the movie industry in a particular direction, emphasizing it with the Apple TV Take 2 device.
But there was one announcement/introduction that was made that I thought was really really cool, but is getting lost in the noise of those previously mentioned announcements: The Time Capsule.
I can understand why its getting overlooked somewhat, but not to the degree that it's currently glossed over. Think about what this device does!
(1) A network file server
(2) A wireless "N" router
(3) A network printer server
(4) An automated back-up device
(4) All of the above in a compact li'l unit
I like the idea of tucking this thing away somewhere discreet along with my printer, and getting the power of an N router. This is one product that I'll give serious consideration to buying. But as I think about it more and more, the tech media will continue to ignore it. Quite a shame, that. I think there's more people out there like me that could do with a nifty device like this.
But that's just me.
2 comments:
Someone is suffering from the RDS!
It's a router with a hard drive. The older router (airport extreme) had a USB port and could have had an external hard drive plugged into it. It was supposed to work with Time Warp and then it didn't. Now, they are charging a premium to sell you the same thing they were trying to deliver with Leopard. Seems like a good idea, but the price differential seems a bit extreme to make it a really great idea.
The price does seem a little steep considering the hard drive is exclusive to Time Machine backups. But, it doesn't come out till February. Maybe I'll find another alternative between now and then.
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