Older version vs. Newer version

I'm looking to connect my external hard drive (with all my iTunes music) to my macbook pro wirelessly with an Airport Extreem. However, I've been finding all kinds of reviews about the new version of Airport Extreem w/ Time Capsule going belly-up in a few months. But the older versions seem to be holding out. Is there any truth to this and which version has your vote?

AngelR2 wrote:
I'm looking to connect my external hard drive (with all my iTunes music) to my macbook pro wirelessly with an Airport Extreem. However, I've been finding all kinds of reviews about the new version of Airport Extreem w/ Time Capsule going belly-up in a few months. But the older versions seem to be holding out. Is there any truth to this and which version has your vote?
If you store your music on an external drive connected to your AirPort base station, a failure of the base station wouldn't risk your music.
Don't confuse the AirPort Extreme base station and the Time Capsule. It's Time Capsule models (with an internal power supply) that seem to be failing. I believe the power supply for the AirPort Extreme is still external.

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