Should I update from 1st generation to new Time Capsule?

I've had a Time Capsule since they were introduced and while it's worked OK, I'm wondering if the benefits of the new versions are sufficient to get a new one?  Does anyone have the experience of going from Generation 1 to 4 of the Time Capsule?
Thanks in advance for your opinion.

If you still have a working gen1 consider yourself LUCKY.. !!
It can and will die suddenly and without warning.
The new generation is better in terms of reliability.. but still a flawed design. It has a much bigger disk.. that can help since new computers have much bigger disks. The wireless is somewhat improved but not enough to go and buy a new one.
Work out your needs. There are several alternatives..
An airport extreme is a far more reliable device and you can plug a USB hard disk into it.
You can use a totally non Apple solution.. wireless router and NAS.. that will have huge speed advantages by wired connection. No big improvement via wireless.

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