Buffalo LinkStation Live NAS drive (500GB) comparison

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Product name	Buffalo LinkStation Live NAS drive (500GB)	Western Digital MyBook World Edition NAS server	Buffalo LinkStation Mini (500GB, black)	Iomega Home Media Network Drive (1TB)	Synology DS209+ NAS server
Price	$100.00	$299.99	$176.99 to $224.99	$139.99 to $199.99	$298.74 to $321.99
CNET editors' rating	3.5 stars Overall score: 7.5 (3.5 stars)	3.5 stars Overall score: 7.5 (3.5 stars)	3.5 stars Overall score: 7.0 (3.5 stars)	3.5 stars Overall score: 7.1 (3.5 stars)	4.0 stars Overall score: 8.3 (4.0 stars)
Average user rating	2.5 stars	1.5 stars		2.0 stars
Release date	January 18, 2007		April 08, 2008
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 tiniest of NAS drives, the Buffalo LinkStation Mini keeps up with its full-size competition in terms of both features and performance. However, you'll pay a premium price for this small, silent networked drive.	The Iomega Home Media Network Drive, a single-volume NAS server, is easy to set up and use for even the most novice user; however, its lack of advanced features might lessen its appeal to savvy users.	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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