I hope to soon toss my piece of crap HP laptop in favor of a Macbook Pro 17. As part of this upgrade, I want to get an inclusive device to provide wireless 'N' and storage for transferring my files and backing them up.

Technically, it looks like the Time Capsule is the perfect one-stop shop - wireless N, 1TB storage and a print server connection, and I can even use SuperDuper backup in place of the clumsy and unreliable Time Machine software that comes with the Mac.

However - the reviews on the TM are blisteringly poor, even on Apple's own website. 12-14 months seems to be the average time for the system to fail, and it runs loud and hot due to the full size drive. It's also fairly expensive.

Can anyone suggest a single device, or a combination of two small, simple devices I can combine to create a more reliable setup than a Time Machine alone?