Which Wi-Fi base station are you?

Airport Express

Airport Extreme

Time Capsule

Recommended uses

  • Play music wirelessly.
  • Share a printer wirelessly.
  • Take it on the road.
  • Apartment, smaller home, or dorm.
  • Print and share an external hard drive.
  • Create a large, high-speed network.
  • Router with four Gigabit Ethernet ports.
  • Larger home, office, or classroom.
  • Back up wirelessly with Mac OS X Leopard.
  • Expand or create a high-speed network.
  • Any home, office, or classroom.

Wireless networking that works with most Wi-Fi enabled devices, including Mac, PC, iPhone, iPod touch, and more

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Wi-Fi specification

802.11n

802.11n

802.11n

Ethernet ports

One 10/100BASE-T

Four Gigabit

Four Gigabit

USB port

For printers only

For printers and external hard drive

For printers and external hard drive

Number of users

10

50

50

AirTunes

Stream iTunes to external speakers

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Built-in wireless storage with automated Mac OS X Time Machine backup

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500GB or 1TB

Price

$99

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$179

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$299 (500GB), $499 (1TB)

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