Finally a NAS I like

It has been a long journey but I have finally found a NAS I like - an Apple Time Capsule.

It doesn't have many bells and whistles, but it does have the one thing many others I tried have been lacking - speed! As a bonus it is a wifi router too. I stumbled upon this beauty due to my recent Mac/Apple obsession. I've wanted a Mac for a while but been too cheap. After realizing how much I love my iPad and how well it works I figured it was time to spend the bucks and give it a try. I got a Apple MacBook Air 13 inch. What an incredible machine! I have been very happy with it.

The Apple Time Capsule allows me to backup all of my computers to one local spot. As I already mentioned, the performance/speed is great. It also hasn't run nearly as hot as other NAS boxes. It is small and quiet. I can map a drive to it from Windows PCs. So far so good, if anything changes I will let you know. Merry Christmas!

Carbonite Update

I just realized I never posted the resolution to my Carbonite issue. I recall the service being down for about a week but it has been fine since then. Carbonite is just one piece of my OCD backup plan, so I will be OK. I wish they had handled the communication better, but oh well. The service is cheap enough and it works.

I do also backup to an external drive at home and I have an external drive that I keep offsite too. I update them about once per week (not my entire computer, just pictures/documents/etc.). I really don't want to lose all my family pictures.