During the month of December the connection to my wireless router was dropping multiple times per day, which usually means the router is going bad. That’s not surprising considering they usually only last a year or two. Well, early last week, the router died. As a result, I did some research and decided to buy the Apple Airport Extreme ($180), which has a USB port for connecting an external hard drive or printer. The main reason I wanted to hook up the external hard drive to the router is to be able to back up my data wirelessly, but Time Machine doesn’t work so well with a wireless external hard drive. So, I decided to go with the wireless printer option. On top of that, I bought a new 500 GB external hard drive last month for $140 to go with the new Mac OS, specifically to take advantage of Time Machine.
Why am I telling you this? Well, yesterday, Apple introduced a new product called Time Capsule, which is both a wireless router and hard drive. Lets do the math. During the past month I’ve paid $320 for a wireless router and external hard drive. The 500 GB Time Capsule, which is set to be available in February, will cost $300. It would have cost less to by a single product. How often does that happen? That sucks! On top of everything, Time Capsule would allow for Time Machine to backup wirelessly, which as I noted earlier doesn’t work so well when hooked up the external hard drive wirelessly.
There’s a reason I love technology, but sometimes I wish technology would be available when I need it, not just after I need it. Maybe I should sue Apple. I’m sure they knew this was coming out when I purchased the wireless router last week. I mean, if people actually bring lawsuits against Apple for lowering their prices shortly after the iPhone was brought to market, I’m sure there’s a lawyer out there willing to hear me out. Of course, I’m just kidding about that. It’s just my way of complaining about all the idiots out there that sue when things don’t go their way. Me, I just add a post to the blog 
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