Do you recommend that I get a time capsule or another backup system?

I have an airport extreme. I really like it, its nice and fast :] Recently my old macbook died and I realized that one I had to be more careful with my drinks and second that I should probably start to back up my information. I have been thinking about getting a time capsule...Do you think that this would be a good investment? Or should I save some money try something else?

All depends upon what scheme you want to use when backing up. If you want to use Time Machine and be fast then Time Capsule backup is slow but if you don't mind just leaving it alone to backup then a moot issue. Example 100 gig TM backup to TC on ethernet would be about 5 hours, wireless about 6 to 8 hours. To a firewire 800 external drive about one hour. USB attached external about three hours.
The TC can be accessed on the network but so can the external but the speed drops off.
So not so easy of an answer. There are other considerations but the above are the bare basics.

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