V2.0 Of The My Book Series Is Out - Will It Be More Reliable Than V1.0?
[Update: 3/2009: It's been more than a year since I wrote this lengthy review and I wanted to return and let people know how these drives are performing.
I have a total of ten of these drives - four [...]
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Good, roomy backup drives
I bought this drive and it has not failed on me so far (knock on wood). It is spacious, with 250 gigabytes of space.
I had a Maxtor drive which broken down one day.
I guess that a small percentage of all drives - regardless of manufacturer - have a high chance of failing.
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Reliable Inexpensive Data Storage
I’ve heard some complaints about this line of external drives, so let me address those first. Yes, there is a slight “hum” or high frequency vibration. But I have several of these drives in different capacities and some hum a little, some not so much. Bottom line is that [...]
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WD 500GB USB 2.0 Portable Hard Drive for Mac (Black/Silver)
I really love it!! Not only does it feel like I have an endless amount of space, but it was also so easy to set up! Just hook up to your computer and follow the directions. Everything that I was looking for in a Portable Hard [...]
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Excellent har ddrive with blazing speed
I built computers as a side-business and I have owned HD’s from all the maor companies. So, I know what a good hard drive has. This one is superb. The speed is astoundidng due to the sata 300 and the 16mb cache, reliability is excelelnt and its whisper silent. Definitely [...]
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Great Drive
The drive is the better than I could imagine. It is quick, quiet, and well priced. The drive doesn’t make a sound and isn’t huge and bulky. It is much quieter than Western Digital drives that I have used and recommend it to anyone looking for an external drive. The drive didn’t require me [...]
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A lot comes in the box!
I was pleased to see that there is much more to this product than the description on this web page. (The description of the sister product - the WD Media Center - is better. That product is the same as this except with a memory card reader built [...]
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Fast and quiet
I purchased 2 of these drives. They are fast and very quiet. Excellent drives, but seller should have made it clear that they were selling the OEM package.
Update (2/6/2012): This item is currently on sale here for the lowest price I’ve seen. I also found some auctions for this item here. [...]
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