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<blockquote data-quote="pigoo3" data-source="post: 1713943" data-attributes="member: 56379"><p>Why?? Because to the best of my knowledge 3.5" desktop hard drives have always been more durable than 2.5" laptop/notebook HD's (kind of the price that's paid for smaller size & lightweight). </p><p> </p><p>Apple has always used 3.5" hard drives in the Time Capsule…which makes sense to me. A backup device like the Time Capsule is always on (24-7-365)…with years & years of expected service life. You don't put an "el-cheapo" hard drive into a backup device like this.</p><p></p><p>Now I do know folks who like to carry with them (on the go) a portable USB powered 2.5" HD for on-the-fly backing up. But if I was going to have one main backup drive (that might be running all the time)…I would get a good quality 3.5" enterprise drive (business quality drive).</p><p></p><p>- Nick </p><p></p><p>p.s. Time Capsule HD's may be put to sleep from time to time. The Time capsule device is always on (the WiFi portion)…and the backup HD inside is ready to be put to into action at anytime backups are automatically scheduled (which can be hourly).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pigoo3, post: 1713943, member: 56379"] Why?? Because to the best of my knowledge 3.5" desktop hard drives have always been more durable than 2.5" laptop/notebook HD's (kind of the price that's paid for smaller size & lightweight). Apple has always used 3.5" hard drives in the Time Capsule…which makes sense to me. A backup device like the Time Capsule is always on (24-7-365)…with years & years of expected service life. You don't put an "el-cheapo" hard drive into a backup device like this. Now I do know folks who like to carry with them (on the go) a portable USB powered 2.5" HD for on-the-fly backing up. But if I was going to have one main backup drive (that might be running all the time)…I would get a good quality 3.5" enterprise drive (business quality drive). - Nick p.s. Time Capsule HD's may be put to sleep from time to time. The Time capsule device is always on (the WiFi portion)…and the backup HD inside is ready to be put to into action at anytime backups are automatically scheduled (which can be hourly). [/QUOTE]
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