Hi, Too true, I realize that my e-mail was sloppy and thank you for correcting me. On the spur of the moment when I wrote it, I was trying very hard to respond rather than sitting back and thinking about the possibilities. I appologize for the inconviniance I may have caused.
I was speaking from experiance, though what Jane says is correct. Sorry again, Thanks for listening, Alex A. On 7/28/08, Jane Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Alex, > That's not necessarily true. The general term for that is a NAS (network > attached storage), and more devices than the airport networking hardware > from Apple support that type of usage. It ranges from a single hard drive > NAS device (like the Western Digital MyBook World Edition) to very expensive > redundant storage like the Drobo with a device called DroboShare (both > together are about $4-700 depending on which model you buy, BEFORE hard > drives!). And if you have a computer to spare, you can set up your computer > to share that hard drive over the network to others, but that computer would > have to be on every time you'd want to use it on another. > > Also, Apple does sell a single device called Time Capsule that combines the > Airport networking hardware with a hard drive, but in my opinion it's sort > of overpriced and inconvenient if the hard drive ever fails. > > cheers, > jane > > On Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 8:09 PM, Alex Jurgensen` > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > >> Hi, >> You could actually share it over the network by attaching it via USB >> 2.0 to an Airport express, Airport extreeme or one of the computers on >> the network. If using the third option, it is possible to use >> firewire. I recommend using the airport method. It worked really well >> for me. >> Thanks for listening, >> Alex, > -- Alex A.AWEBSIGHT administrator AWEBSIGHT web team "Blindness is a gift, not a disability." B.C unit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.VisionMail.uni.cc/
