Nilay Patel’s take on Apple’s latest variation on the Airport Extreme:
Hardware: Basically an Airport Extreme with a hard drive inside.
Performance: Hogs the network when it’s backing up.
Features: Backups only. Can’t use as a general-purpose NAS.
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