Tascam Us 122, pro and cons, does good outweigh bad? Options

[Righteous Bullet]

on the audio/cards/interface forum i saw that many people had problems with the tascam US 122. i posted this same question on that forum too but am putting it on this one too:

the us 122 looked like a good interface to get and it was one ive been thinking about but after hearing all this i dunno if its worth getting. it seems like the issues are mainly getting it setup though, after you actually get it setup and troubleshooted does it work good for the long run or are these problems reoccuring? i would want to use it maybe with an ibook G4 and it looks like the perfect interface except all these setup issues people are tlaking about... do you still think its worth getting? are there any good alternatives in the same price range as the 122?

[Podolski52]

I also can only confirm that the Us-122 works with OSX. Unfortunately, I can't give any hints for using it with GarageBand. But it performed well in a Cubase setup; the sound of guitar, bass and vocal recordings is very good (and the US-122 is also very useful as a portable recording unit in connection with a laptop/notebook). In our studio it is connected to an G4 ibook via USB. Sorry, i wasn't the one doing the installation, so i can't say much about problems during that part of the job. But if anyone wants to know more, i can ask our cyborg, who is always sneaking around here somewhere. Once the setup is ready, the thing seems to keep on working though.