Mounting Time Capsule
14-Feb-08 20:39 Filed in: News
We've received several...no...many...no...an insane
number of queries about mounting the upcoming
Time Capsule. The first
question is "Will the Air Mount hold Time
Capsule?". Unfortunately, the answer is no. Time
Capsule is a full 1.2 inches (that's a little
over 30 mm for you metric folks) larger than the
Airport Extreme. While we're actively working on
a solution, we have yet to see, touch, smell, or
get anything from Apple to aide in our
quest to develop the perfect mount for you.
The other question that we often ask ourselves is "Will it be OK? What about those hard drives?". Time Capsule is both larger and heavier than it's non-hard drive-equipped counterpart. There's also the issue of heat dissipation that we have to consider. With Air Mount, the solution was rather straightforward. For Time Capsule, a few additional- yet critical- questions come into play. Since Time Capsule will function as backup storage for many people, the absolute last thing we want is for our products to contribute- in any way- to the early demise of those integrated hard drives.
The good news is that we're on it. The bad news is that you'll have to wait a tad longer. www.h-sq.co,
So. Hang tough. If there's a solution, we'll come up with it- and quick. Stay tuned and subscribe to our RSS feed to get the latest news from H-Squared.
2-25-08 UPDATE: From what we can tell, Time Capsule is set to ship very soon. Possibly this week. We'll keep a sharp eye out one of our 4 local Apple Stores and provide any additional updates that we may have when we have something to report.
2-29-08 UPDATE: We now have our Time Capsules in hand and will be working diligently to design a proper mount for it. As soon as we have something viable, we'll let everyone know. Here's a few notes so far:
1. There is no external power brick. There's just a power cable that's about 6.5 ft (~2M) long. This means that, for mounting, it can't go too high without using some sort of extension cord.
2. Time Capsule has the same dimensions as Apple TV. Our tvTray works beautifully with it nearly as-is, but it would only work in a vertical mounting application.
3. Time Capsule is much heavier than Airport Extreme. As such, any horizontal mounting will require extra support.
Other than that, we haven't even fired the ones we have up yet. Those of you waiting, the good news is that we now have something to measure against. Just give us a little time to confirm that everything works as advertised and we'll get a product to you ASAP.
The other question that we often ask ourselves is "Will it be OK? What about those hard drives?". Time Capsule is both larger and heavier than it's non-hard drive-equipped counterpart. There's also the issue of heat dissipation that we have to consider. With Air Mount, the solution was rather straightforward. For Time Capsule, a few additional- yet critical- questions come into play. Since Time Capsule will function as backup storage for many people, the absolute last thing we want is for our products to contribute- in any way- to the early demise of those integrated hard drives.
The good news is that we're on it. The bad news is that you'll have to wait a tad longer. www.h-sq.co,
So. Hang tough. If there's a solution, we'll come up with it- and quick. Stay tuned and subscribe to our RSS feed to get the latest news from H-Squared.
2-25-08 UPDATE: From what we can tell, Time Capsule is set to ship very soon. Possibly this week. We'll keep a sharp eye out one of our 4 local Apple Stores and provide any additional updates that we may have when we have something to report.
2-29-08 UPDATE: We now have our Time Capsules in hand and will be working diligently to design a proper mount for it. As soon as we have something viable, we'll let everyone know. Here's a few notes so far:
1. There is no external power brick. There's just a power cable that's about 6.5 ft (~2M) long. This means that, for mounting, it can't go too high without using some sort of extension cord.
2. Time Capsule has the same dimensions as Apple TV. Our tvTray works beautifully with it nearly as-is, but it would only work in a vertical mounting application.
3. Time Capsule is much heavier than Airport Extreme. As such, any horizontal mounting will require extra support.
Other than that, we haven't even fired the ones we have up yet. Those of you waiting, the good news is that we now have something to measure against. Just give us a little time to confirm that everything works as advertised and we'll get a product to you ASAP.