Today was the big day for all the Apple freaks. Steve Jobs unveiled the latest and greatest from the world of Mac at the latest Macworld Expo in San Francisco. Whilst everyone was hyped up about the latest ultra portable from Apple, it was the mac time time capsule (pictured) that grabbed the majority of my attention today.
When I purchased leopard (the new Mac OS) a day or so after it was released last year I was immediately impressed by the Time Machine back up application. The way that hard drives continue to grow means that backing up your data will be par for the course in the future. The only bummer (at the time) was that time machine required me to plug in an external USB hard drive. I could not help but think how much better it would be if I could back up my data to an external hard drive using a wireless connection.
So it seems that Apple were, once again, way ahead of us all. The new time capsule is the perfect external hard drive companion for the time machine back up application. It comes in either a 500GB or 1 Tera byte version and offers wireless connectivity.
As far as the new Mac air goes.......I have gone down the path of ultra portables before, mostly when I was in roles that required my being on the road a lot. So my only hope was that the new Mac Air notebook did not turn out to be something that I just had to have as a replacement for my current 15" macbook pro.
Being an early adopter by nature has its downsides. It's no fun being in physical pain if you feel that your piece of technology has been surpassed and you need to replace it immediately ;-) So I was pleased that the new Mac portable is a genuine addition to the suite of mac hardware rather than a new sexy upgrade of what I already have.
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