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WD My Book Essential Edition 2.0 External 500GB Hard Drive

My Book Essential Edition 2.0 External 500GB Hard Drive
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WD My Book Essential Edition 2.0 External 500GB Hard Drive

  • Reviewed by: datapro

    05-02-08

    Duration of ownership: 18 Months

    Strengths: Inexpensive

    Weaknesses:1 year limited warranty from date of manufacture. Failure occurs much faster than other brands

    Overall Evaluation: I've had 2 failures shortly after warranty expiration. Overall I would not recommend the myBook line of drives to anyone who is considering long-term use of the drive. The exposure to data loss is great. Would never recommend this drive for system backups!

  • Reviewed by: gatorcat

    03-30-08

    Duration of ownership: 12 Months

    Strengths: Sturdy, reliable sufficient speed.

    Weaknesses:Biggest weakness is the MANDATORY spindown feature that can NOT be controlled or stopped as stated by the manufacturer. Makes this drive imossible to use as a music library storage devide.

    Overall Evaluation: B at best

  • Reviewed by: kklee921

    05-10-08

    Duration of ownership: 2 Months

    Strengths: easy set up, light, compact, sleek and stylish

    Weaknesses:N/A

    Overall Evaluation: This hard drive is perfect for any regular person that is not computer savvy. I just plugged in the harddrive and transfer anything i want to it. Has enough space to store all my pictures and songs to free up my computer.

  • Reviewed by: Shay365

    05-03-08

    Duration of ownership: 2