Posted by Ub3rG33k on Mar 18, 2010 in
Apple 
As mention in my Happy Mac Day post I was awaiting delivery of the Apple Time Capsule ,and as assumed it did arrive today.
I have to say, Apple once again made setting up and installing this device an absolute pleasure !
Below are the unboxing pics
..and finally a picture of it inplace
Now in true Apple style, the setup was flawless, I put it on the shelf, I plugged it in, and that was it ! The iMacs and MacBook Pro all popped up with a prompt saying Time Capsule detected, do you want to set up Time Machine ?
Click yes, input the password and your away.
Did this on all the Macs in the house. The initial backup took a little while, however after that there is a silent hourly backup which you don’t even notice, and it’s good to know my data is now safe !
As you can see from the last image, I’m a little paranoid about my data, on the left I have the 2TB Acer Aspire Easystore, in the middle I have the 500GB Western Digital My Book World, and obviously on the right is the Time Capsule.
I tend to store the majority of my data on the EasyStore as this is set up with Raid 5, giving 1.5Tb of storage and losing only 500Gb to the parity recovery. I did use the MyBookWorld, however upgrading the firmware broke it, and had to spend the best part of a week recovering the data.
So with all this backup, why have I got the time capsule you may ask ?, well let me tell you.
I have a tendency of keeping an extremely clean desktop. If possible I will have nothing on it, however will use it as a temporary file store for the work I’m currently doing. Once I’ve done I tend to just delete everything, and then empty the recycle bin. Unfortunately on more than 1 occasion I’ve needed one of the files I’ve deleted.
Another reason is because C doesn’t tend to use the EasyStore as much as I, and tend to keep everything on her desktop on her iMac and MacBookPro, which means if the worst case happened, she would lose everything !
All in all, I’m very happy with this addition to my network, and can highly recommend getting one if you have a Mac
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Posted by Ub3rG33k on Jan 10, 2009 in
Apple 
Gotta love the apple packaging
What’s underneath the MacBook Pro
The stylishly designed document holder
The multi ended power supple cable (which if you didn’t know is held onto the Mac with a magnet, so no fear of breaking off the end of the power adapter if you were to trip over the cable, Clever I know !)
Well, in true geek style, I thought I’d take shots of the unboxing of the MacBook Pro.
btw, forgot to mention in my previous blog “Apple Day, Hurray !” , that we went to the Apple store, because the one I had ordered, was due to turn up on Wednesday, and I’m just far to impatient, got home, only to find it had been delivered and left with the neighbour ! I know, the irony ! However it did mean that both myself and C could start the Apple learning curve together.
Below is the shiny new one from the Apple Store
and here are the 2
So, on with the unboxing
Out of the box
The huge trackpad
The left hand side connectors
The SuperMutli Drive Slot
Such a nice Gloss Screen
The first switch on !
The welcome message
The backlit keyboard
Finally the lit up Apple logo on the back
Below is the now slightly over crowded computer room
However, C may have lost her MacBook to the cat, as he seems to think it’s his new bed, lol
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Posted by Ub3rG33k on Jan 3, 2009 in
XBOX 360 Well today I had Tony Hawks project 8 turn up in the post…the worrying thing is, I couldn’t remember ordering it !
Anyway, checked the invoice, and sure enough I’d ordered it from Amazon, from one of their Fleabay style used sections. So cool I thought, I’ll play on that today.
When to town this morning to have my haircut, once done did the regulation “Call in at Game, and Gamestation” to check out the titles, and ended up buying You’re in the Movies, (you know the one with the webcam), so looks like I’m playing that tonight instead, however I have just checked on Gamespot, and it gets a massive 4.5 /10 …Can’t Wait !!
However if you take into consideration that the games was £40 and the cam is £35 then it’s not too bad, kinda like buying Wii Play….there is no way you would have paid £30 for the game only.
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