MacWorld 2008 Review
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Sure, you've read the buzz about the Computer Electronics Show, but it's over now, and you're looking for more excitement. Look no further. There's another event that brings you news of some great products headed for the market. Read on for our review of this year's MacWorld.
CES is a huge week for all technology geeks alike. We see some of the coolest gadgets that we will see next year, as well as devices that make us wonder whether they are real products. After all this hype, many of us are reduced to checking release dates and seeing if all those pennies we have add up to $10,000 for that TV we saw.
A special group gets another event that bring them the same excitement CES brought all of us weeks earlier. Apple decided not to blend into the surroundings at CES with their new devices, which might go under the radar there. Instead, they host their own new product conference called MacWorld.
This year once again Apple's special expo left us with some amazing products and kept us looking forward to the time ahead for Apple. In this article we will take a look back at MacWorld 2008 and all the great services and products Steve Jobs introduced, and perhaps what we might see next.
Time Capsule
This first product I will talk about that was introduced at MacWorld is Time Capsule. Time Capsule is a wireless network storage device. It will run on the 802.11N network, which is the fastest available as of now. The device will come in 500 GB and 1 TB flavors, which should be enough room for just about anyone. This product will work with Time Machine to provide Macs with automatic backups. You can have multiple computers using a single Time Capsule at the same time. It looks very similar to the Mac Mini or the Apple TV.
This is an interesting device. It is nice to have an easy and automatic back up device. The size won't become an issue to almost all the users out there, even if you have multiple computers.
I see the major problem here being speed. Even at "N" speeds, transfers are going to take a long time. We're talking about transferring between 500 GB and 1TB worth of data. Apple says this could take all night or even more.
Apple is taking the chore out of backing up, but it's going to end up taking forever to back up and I feel that it will be more of a hassle then anything. It will kill your network bandwidth. If this was wired, or had an optional USB or Firewire connector, I think the device would be much more likely to catch on.
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