in fairness, I didn’t have to do an update. it came with the latest firmware pre-installed.
i’ve witnessed none of the common recently reported issues. it’s been working great. backed up and copied over 300GB, have been able to stream photos and even movies over wifi and 3G and it’s been going to into standby when not in use. i’ve also had no issues streaming multimedia to other systems or my WD SMP.
again not trying to ruffle feathers. just wanted to to say that it’s been working great for me so far.
I can say mine has been a good drive. Have the 2TB version. Latest firmware installed. Use it to stream movies to my WD streaming box. Works great and goes into standby when not in use.