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Abysmal

"Disappointing! Two tries, all failed."
I purchased the 500GB LinkStation Live from Fry's.com when it was on sale... BIG mistake! The... (read more)

by wongrk (see profile), June 21, 2007

10 out of 10 users found this opinion helpful

10
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Perfect

"Just made a 10 on the scale...."
Everything good except it says it came eith 500GB but really came with 454GB. (read more)

by meteorologisttwc (see profile), July 18, 2007

5 out of 5 users found this opinion helpful

1
out of 10
Abysmal

"Unstable drive, the worst customer service I've ever experienced."
Unbelievable is the only word that comes to mind. I can't believe that this company is still in... (read more)

by Alon Kahana (see profile), December 1, 2007

1 out of 1 users found this opinion helpful

3
out of 10
Poor

"Steer clear"
I have 2 buffalo 500gb live units. I had to send one back when it arrived. they have been... (read more)

by daveandvickie (see profile), July 17, 2008

9
out of 10
Spectacular

"Works Great with Gigabit Routers"
After using this unit in a small business network environment I am impressed with what Buffalo has... (read more)

by ShaneMT08 (see profile), June 27, 2008

1
out of 10
Abysmal

"wasted my time, sent it back"
I wasted 2 hours on this thing.

The documentation uses different words than the actual... (read more)

by hs.teacher.1 (see profile), April 19, 2008

10
out of 10
Perfect

"Best NAS that I've Purchased"
This drive is fast if you have a gigabit network, though it's slow if you have a 100mb network.... (read more)

by jesseinsf (see profile), April 17, 2008

8
out of 10
Excellent

"Just what I was looking for."
This is a very nice network appliance. I returned a WD Worldbook and Apple Airport (Air Disk)... (read more)

by marzer (see profile), January 6, 2008

9
out of 10
Spectacular

"Good Drive for the buck"
The drive is fairly quick. It is easy to maintain and manage. (read more)

by DigitalTTP (see profile), January 1, 2008

2
out of 10
Terrible

"So slow it's virtually useless"
Now I have to figure out how to get my data back out of this device and on to other disks. It is... (read more)

by Cliff3 (see profile), September 10, 2007

5 out of 15 users found this opinion helpful

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Reviewed by: Felisa Yang

Reviewed: 4/6/07
Release date: 1/18/07
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