Apple Time Capsule not so server grade after all, some would even say poop grade!
- March 3rd, 2008
- 3 Comments
Server grade my rosy red butt!
Well, well, well, Mr. Apple. Lie much? Apple’s Time Capsule doesn’t have a “server grade” hard drive in it — as they claim on their website. Instead they use a hard drive that I would keep pictures of a dead squirrel on, the 1 TB Hitachi Deskstar HDS721010KLA330. That’s right, people: the HDS721010KLA330. That’s like putting a DRX3230103309A in place of a 449332ADHD233! The drive is found mostly on desktops but since server grade essentially means “it can fit in a server,” there’s no official definition we can fall back on so we have to get up in arms about this.
Come on, Apple. Throw us a bone and don’t lie to us. It’s just not nice.
Apple’s Time Capsule: is its HDD really ’server grade’? [RegHardware]
Hans (Who am I?)
7 months ago
Does the Time Capsule have the ability to wipe its drive?
John Biggs (Who am I?)
7 months ago
I believe you can clean it off but not in the way you mean, I think.
Cory O'Brien (Who am I?)
7 months ago
That’s too bad. I was looking forward to “server grade” backups. It’s frustrating to see companies use word tricks like these; especially Apple. Why even emphasize it as a feature if you’re not going to actually make it a feature. It’s not like you wouldn’t buy it if it didn’t say the words “server grade” on the website.