Base Station vs. Time Capsule

[Tyler]

So both are on sale today and I can't figure out what to buy.

Can I do wireless data transfer and backups with just a Basestation?

Can I plug more than one external harddrive into a Time Capsule and still use it for wireless backups?

What would you guys buy?

[silentsim]

I use a base station, and hook up a hard drive through the USB port for backup purposes and what not.

I don't know if you can use a hub and get more USB ports, not sure, but if so it would probably need a powered one. note, that with the base station and drives hooked up via USB, your speed is much slower, since its USB speed and not built in like the capsule.

[DownhillGoat]

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NM - didn't realize the new Time Capsules had ethernet connections.

As silentsim noted, you can use a usb hard drive with the base station. Just don't expect it to transfer quickly. A 1TB time machine backup to a usb connected HDD will literally take days.

[User Name]

I've had both. Airport Extreme and (currently) the Time Capsule. I tried to setup the airport extreme with an external HD for Time Machine backups, but it never worked for me properly (although others seem to have had success)... I recently got Time Capsule and its been working flawlessly.

Having owned both, I definitely prefer Time Capsule. Internet speeds seem the same, although I didn't do any specific testing for that. Got the 2tb version which is plenty for me.