We had so many problems during the installation and configuration process that we would not recommend this product...
Highs: Drive shows up automatically; integrates with iTunes; lots of features
Lows: Expensive; software is buggy and confusing; does not support Vista out of the box
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Buffalo Technology is well-known for its networking products, and now the company has attached all its networking prowess to a 250GB hard drive for a little bit of NAS (Network Attached Storage) action. Though the LinkStation Live’s most basic features work very well, we experienced numerous problems setting it up, and were ultimately underwhelmed with the overall experience.
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by Tony on November 4, 2008:
“Had the drive for 33 days before it died. Buffalo Tech support had me update the Firmware and I lost all my data. Tech support are nice but don't seem to know their own product. Lost days of time, backup and now I have an RMA drive that I won't use as a backup...” More...
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by Jim on December 29, 2008:
“I recently purchased a similar product from Buffalo. The Linkstation Pro Duo 2T. I also experianced installation issues and buggy software. The linkstations DHCP processing wouldn't configure itself for my network and therefore the software wouldn't install....” More...