Lost in all the fuss at Macworld today was a seemingly silent release of a new Airport Extreme base station. There is no mention of it on Apple’s front page. The only indication seems to be a new product popping up in the online store. All seems pretty stock standard except that they’ve introduced NAS functionality:
Instant drive sharing.
New to AirPort Extreme, AirPort Disk turns almost any external USB hard drive into a shared drive. Simply connect the drive to the USB port on the back of your AirPort Extreme and — voila — all the documents, videos, photos, and other files on the drive instantly become available to anyone on the secure network, Mac and PC alike. It’s perfect for backups, collaborative projects, and more.
http://www.apple.com/airportextreme/sharing.html
I wonder if it uses samba like most NAS devices out there.
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