Apple Time Capsule

The basics

Straight from Apple Inc.'s research labs comes the 'Time Capsule.' It is an automatic wireless back-up system made especially for your Mac. Its dimensions are 197 mm (length) x 197 mm (width) x 36.3 mm (height), and weighs 1.5 kg. This amazing Time Capsule can store up to 500 GB or 1 TB of data, keeping your favourite songs, pictures, and videos safe from disasters

The good

This little beauty from Apple is the perfect way to protect your Mac against fire, flood and acts of God. Why? Well it’s an all-in-one router with a wireless hard drive. In the flesh we found that it shovelled data from your Mac speedier than Lewis Hamilton can drive in the wet – that’s thanks to the use of N-standard Wi-Fi. Also, as with most Apple products, it looks stunning. We were even able to hook it up to a printer thanks to a USB slot on the rear. Bonus!

The bad

Unfortunately, the Time Capsule only works with Mac computers, so if you're a dedicated Windows devotee there's not really much here for you to get excited about. Also, for best performance it can't be too far from your machine despite its N-standard talents.

The bottom line

The Time Capsule is the best thing we’ve seen the world of backup for ages, making networking shared devices hassle free. It's pretty pricey though, and only works with Apple products.