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Buffalo LinkStation Live NAS drive (320GB) comparison

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Product name	Buffalo LinkStation Live NAS drive (320GB)	Buffalo LinkStation Live with BitTorrent (1TB)	Western Digital MyBook World Edition NAS server	Buffalo LinkStation Live NAS drive (1TB)	Synology DS209+ NAS server
Price	Check Prices	$149.99 to $189.99	$299.99	$220.84 to $234.99	$309.69
CNET editors' rating	3.5 stars Overall score: 7.5 (3.5 stars)	stars Overall score: ( stars)	3.5 stars Overall score: 7.5 (3.5 stars)	3.5 stars Overall score: 7.5 (3.5 stars)	4.0 stars Overall score: 8.3 (4.0 stars)
Average user rating	2.0 stars		1.5 stars
Release date	January 18, 2007			January 18, 2007
The Bottom Line	The Buffalo LinkStation Live has a lot of features and the right price to make it a really compelling home NAS drive, but its slow speeds give us pause.		The Western Digital MyBook World Edition is a simple-to-use NAS drive that makes remote access and file sharing easy for even beginners. Only its slow data transfer speed gives us pause.	The Buffalo LinkStation Live has a lot of features and the right price to make it a really compelling home NAS drive, but its slow speeds give us pause.	Although expensive and difficult to use for networking novices, the Synology DS209+ offers awesome throughput speed and nearly all the features you could ever need in a NAS server.
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Weight	Info unavailable	2.4 lbs	2.6 lbs	Info unavailable	2.2 lbs
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Buying choices	E-mail me when this product is available	Dell Small Business $169.99 In stock: Yes J&R Music and Computer World $169.00 In stock: Yes Newegg.com $159.99 In stock: Yes Prices from 12 CNET Certified stores	Amazon.com Marketplace $299.99 In stock: Yes Price from 1 CNET Certified store	Amazon.com Marketplace $234.99 In stock: Yes CTI $220.84 In stock: Yes Next Warehouse $221.74 In stock: Yes Prices from 3 CNET Certified stores	Amazon.com $309.69 In stock: Yes Price from 1 CNET Certified store
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