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3
out of 10
Poor

"Honest support admits major bug"
Might suffice for home use, but not for business: The timestamp on folders and .exe files is... (read more)

by ranch.dk (see profile), May 6, 2005

100 out of 110 users found this opinion helpful
1 comment posted to this opinion

4
out of 10
Mediocre

"The Hubble Telescope of hard drives"
The drive had me ready to sell off my home file server for scrap metal when I read the specs...... (read more)

by outboys (see profile), April 23, 2005

155 out of 170 users found this opinion helpful
2 comments posted to this opinion

8
out of 10
Excellent

"Does exactly what it's supposed to"
I Installed this hard disk on my home network. Very easy installation. Solid, no-frills Windows... (read more)

by rafe (see profile), April 6, 2005

65 out of 80 users found this opinion helpful

10
out of 10
Perfect

"Maxtor offer exactly what I am looking for"
I nearly bought the Linksys or Buffalo. Lucky I hold off after reading the review in your site.... (read more)

by pkh (see profile), June 4, 2005

25 out of 25 users found this opinion helpful

6
out of 10
Good

"Multifunction printers not supported"
My reasons for getting this were pretty minimal - home use storage for music files. When I read... (read more)

by kevin438 (see profile), June 12, 2006

10 out of 10 users found this opinion helpful

7
out of 10
Very good

"Recommended"
To setup, just plug it in to a USB port (other connectivity options exist - they have different... (read more)

by rpwallin (see profile), December 11, 2005

10 out of 10 users found this opinion helpful
1 comment posted to this opinion

3
out of 10
Poor

"No SW update allowed after warranty"
I have 1st version. Access to new firmware was denied because I was out of warranty (1yr?). ... (read more)

by skipanderson52 (see profile), August 3, 2006

10 out of 15 users found this opinion helpful

2
out of 10
Terrible

"Unusable with 64-bit processor and OS"
No help from Seagate/Maxtor on how to make it work properly with 64-bit Windows VISTA Ultimate. ... (read more)

by John J. Karmazin (see profile), May 7, 2007

5 out of 5 users found this opinion helpful

7
out of 10
Very good

"not a good print server"
I bought this product for 3 reasons
1. to see what is would be like as the office has a... (read more)

by dutchman987 (see profile), June 23, 2006

5 out of 10 users found this opinion helpful

2
out of 10
Terrible

"Terribly slow with Mac"
Terribly slow from a Mac. Flat out getting 1MB/sec. (read more)

by mattconnolly (see profile), October 1, 2007

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7.3

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Reviewed by: Jon L. Jacobi

Reviewed: 3/6/06
Release date: 12/1/05
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