Western Digital 500GB My Book Home Edition Triple Interface External Hard Drive
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The 500GB My Book Home Edition Triple Interface External Hard Drive from Western Digital is a high-capacity external hard drive with an interface that allows it to be connected via USB 2.0, FireWire-400, or eSATA, and a rotation speed of 7200rpm.
The drive is housed in an elegant design that can, at first glance, be mistaken for that of a hardbound book. This makes the drive an excellent choice for anyone who would like to have a unique and classy drive to use for external data storage. The drive features built-in power-saving, has no environmental contaminants and ships in recyclable packaging, making it as friendly to the environment as it is to your data.
- 500GB holds about 37.5 hours of DV video, 106 DVD movies, or 125,000 MP3 songs
- Connects via eSATA, FireWire-400, or USB 2.0
- Capacity gauge lets you know how much space is left on the drive 1
- Morse Code pattern helps hot air escape the enclosure so that the drive stays cool
- Energy efficient design helps to reduce power, and is smart enough to make sure that the drive doesn't power down until all data is written
- Takes up no more space than your average paperback book
- Automatically backs up data from your computer using the included software
| Performance | |
|---|---|
| Capacity | 500GB |
| Interface |
1x USB 2.0 1x eSATA 1x 6-Pin FireWire-400 |
| Drive Speed | 7200rpm |
| Buffer | Not Specified by Manufacturer |
| Average Seek Time | Not Specified by Manufacturer |
| Sustained Data Transfer Rate | Not Specified by Manufacturer |
| Drivers | |
|---|---|
| Supported | Not Required |
| Included | Not Required |
| System Requirements | |
|---|---|
| Mac | Mac OS X 10.4, 10.5 |
| Windows | Windows XP, Vista |
| Hardware | USB 2.0, FireWire-400, or eSATA port |
| General | |
|---|---|
| Mounting | Desktop |
| Power Requirements | AC: 100-240VAC, 47-63Hz |
| Environmental Requirements |
Operating Temperature: 41-95°F (5-35°C) Storage Temperature: -4-149°F (-20-65°C) |
| Dimensions (WxHxD) | 2.1 x 6.5 x 5.4" (5.4 x 16.6 x 13.7cm) |
| Weight | 2.5 lb (1.1kg) |
REVIEW SNAPSHOT®
by PowerReviews(based on 21 reviews)
Ratings Distribution
90%
of respondents would recommend this to a friend.
Pros
- Quiet (15)
- Easy to use (14)
- Large capacity / good size (13)
- Easy to setup (12)
- Fast (8)
Cons
Best Uses
- Back-up (17)
- Additional storage (10)
- Photo storage (7)
- File transfer (6)
- Video (4)
- Reviewer Profile:
- Power user (10), Tech savvy (4), Casual user (3)
- Primary use:
- Personal (18), Business (3)
Most Liked Positive Review
it works like they said it would
This was my first external hard drive that i have ever bought, I wasn't sure if it was going to be noisy or loud or put off much heat or what. I will say ...Read complete review
This was my first external hard drive that i have ever bought, I wasn't sure if it was going to be noisy or loud or put off much heat or what. I will say though that it has thoroughly impressed me so far. There is relatively no heat put off by it, when it is completely silent in my room I can't even hear it running at max speed. It even is recognized faster than other external hard drives, I borrowed my friends Seagate a few days ago and it took nearly a minute for my laptop to recognize it compared to the few seconds that it takes this. In all i would give this hard drive a ten. It is inexpensive for the storage and it really cant be beat in any category.
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Most Liked Negative Review
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I owned this product for 6 months and it failed. Paying $$$ to have the data recovered. 15 years of images/ iTunes, etc. Read the reviews online about WD External Hardrives. ...Read complete review
I owned this product for 6 months and it failed. Paying $$$ to have the data recovered. 15 years of images/ iTunes, etc. Read the reviews online about WD External Hardrives. I'm not the only one. I wish I would have done the research before purchasing this product. WD is worthless in assisting you with the data recovery, trouble, replacement, etc. Beware of Western Digital Harddrives!!!!
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Pros
- Easy To Setup
- Easy to use
- High Capacity
- Portable
- Quiet
Cons
Best Uses
- Additional Storage
- File Transfer
- Photo Storage
Comments about Western Digital 500GB My Book Home Edition Triple Interface External Hard Drive:
just unpack it, plug it in with a firewire, begin downloading!!
- Primary use:
- Personal
Pros
- Compact
- Easy To Setup
- Easy to use
- High Capacity
- Quiet
Cons
Best Uses
- Additional Storage
- Backup
- Photo Storage
Comments about Western Digital 500GB My Book Home Edition Triple Interface External Hard Drive:
I got this to replace an Iomega external drive that failed. So far, the WD My Book has worked great and the backup software is far superior's to Iomega's. Set up was easy and I love the fact that it backs up my Outlook as well. Operation is quiet and vibrates much less than the Iomega I had. For the money, this is a great product.
- Primary use:
- Personal
Pros
- Easy To Setup
- Easy to use
- High Capacity
- Quiet
Cons
Best Uses
- Additional Storage
- Backup
- File Transfer
- Photo Storage
- Video
Comments about Western Digital 500GB My Book Home Edition Triple Interface External Hard Drive:
I havn't had this external drive for very long yet, but so far it's been working great for file storage and video editing.
- Primary use:
- Personal
Pros
- Attractive Design
- Easy to use
- High Capacity
- Portable
- Quiet
Cons
Best Uses
- Backup
Comments about Western Digital 500GB My Book Home Edition Triple Interface External Hard Drive:
I bought this product in order to back up my files before my laptop crashed due to a virus. 500 GB was more than enough space for everything including my music and photos.
It is very portable and easy to use.
I hope it lasts a good while.
- Primary use:
- Personal
Pros
- Attractive Design
- Compact
- Easy To Setup
- Easy to use
- High Capacity
- Quiet
Cons
Best Uses
- Backup
Comments about Western Digital 500GB My Book Home Edition Triple Interface External Hard Drive:
I use it to back up files previouly store on old hard drives. I like the triple interface, USB 2, SATA and firewire 400 as my computer has all three ports.
- Primary use:
- Personal
Pros
- Attractive Design
- Compact
- Easy To Setup
- Easy to use
- High Capacity
- Quiet
Cons
- None
Best Uses
- Additional Storage
- Backup
- Photo Storage
- Video
Comments about Western Digital 500GB My Book Home Edition Triple Interface External Hard Drive:
This external hard drive is simple, easy to use, and does what it is supposed to do with no start-up or back up problems; in my opinion, high praise for a product in a market of electronic devices that are often harder to use than they are useful. It's not tiny, but it's not intrusive on my desk. I use it to back-up copies of photographs from my I-MAC. It also provides an optional program that allows for automatic back-up of self-designated files/folders from your hard drive.
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- Primary use:
- Personal
Pros
- Attractive Design
- Compact
- Easy To Setup
- Easy to use
- High Capacity
- Quiet
Cons
Best Uses
- Additional Storage
- Backup
- File Transfer
- Photo Storage
- Video
Comments about Western Digital 500GB My Book Home Edition Triple Interface External Hard Drive:
MAC based user, however I use this storage device to house media for my Western Digital TV (WDTV).
Easy to use and transfer files.
Plain and simple - Does what it is supposed to and from a reputable company...can not go wrong.
- Primary use:
- Personal
Pros
- Attractive Design
- Easy To Setup
- Easy to use
- Quiet
Cons
Best Uses
- Backup
- Photo Storage
Comments about Western Digital 500GB My Book Home Edition Triple Interface External Hard Drive:
I bought the WD 500 GB Hard Drive to use with Time Machine. So far, so good. Set-up was a no-brainer. Plug and go. Totally silent. Main use is for photo back-up but it's nice to know everything else is being backed up without my doing anything.
- Primary use:
- Personal
Pros
- Easy To Install
- Fast
- Highly Compatible
- Quiet
- Reliable
Cons
Best Uses
Comments about Western Digital 500GB My Book Home Edition Triple Interface External Hard Drive:
I use this product to back up my desk top and when I am away and use my laptop I use it as my data disk because the esata connection is fast. The disk easy to install and fast.
I formatted mine as NTFS so I do not know anything about the software it comes with. I do not need it so I do not use it.
- Primary use:
- Personal
Pros
- Easy To Install
- Fast
- Highly Compatible
- Quiet
Cons
- Unreliable
Best Uses
- High-End Multimedia
Comments about Western Digital 500GB My Book Home Edition Triple Interface External Hard Drive:
I owned this product for 6 months and it failed. Paying $$$ to have the data recovered. 15 years of images/ iTunes, etc. Read the reviews online about WD External Hardrives. I'm not the only one. I wish I would have done the research before purchasing this product. WD is worthless in assisting you with the data recovery, trouble, replacement, etc. Beware of Western Digital Harddrives!!!!
- Primary use:
- Personal
Pros
- Easy to use
- Fast
- High Capacity
- Portable
Cons
Best Uses
- Additional Storage
- Backup
- File Transfer
Comments about Western Digital 500GB My Book Home Edition Triple Interface External Hard Drive:
I bought this drive to use as an eSATA external storage for all my images. My root directory was getting full and slowing editing to a crawl. Back up to speed now.
- Primary use:
- Business
Pros
- Easy To Setup
- Easy to use
- Fast
- High Capacity
- Portable
- Reliable
Cons
Best Uses
- Additional Storage
- Backup
Comments about Western Digital 500GB My Book Home Edition Triple Interface External Hard Drive:
Use as my primary backup drive. Installation a breeze. Backup software that comes with the disk is cumbersome to use and extremely slow in performing a backup. I uninstalled it and now use Windows XP's backup program, from which I can do incremental backups.
- Primary use:
- Personal
Pros
- Easy To Setup
- Easy to use
- Fast
- High Capacity
- Portable
- Reliable
Cons
Best Uses
- Additional Storage
- Photo storage
Comments about Western Digital 500GB My Book Home Edition Triple Interface External Hard Drive:
I use My Book to store my large digital images. I use one for business and one for personal storage. I love the ability to take my photos with me in one small package.
- Primary use:
- Business
Pros
- Easy To Setup
- Easy to use
- Fast
- High Capacity
- Portable
- Reliable as backup
Cons
Best Uses
- Additional Storage
- Backup
- File Transfer
Comments about Western Digital 500GB My Book Home Edition Triple Interface External Hard Drive:
This drive is fine for backup, but I wouldn't try to use it as video scratch disk. Seems to heat up too much, and I've had one fail after a few month's use.
- Primary use:
- Business
Pros
- Easy To Setup
- Easy to use
- Fast
- High Capacity
- Portable
- Reliable
Cons
Best Uses
- Additional Storage
- Backup
- File Transfer
- Music
- Video
Comments about Western Digital 500GB My Book Home Edition Triple Interface External Hard Drive:
I have a couple of these running now and i love them!, very fast data access, easy setup, and they look good!
- Primary use:
- Personal
Pros
- Easy To Setup
- Easy to use
- Fast
- High Capacity
- Portable
Cons
Best Uses
- Backup
Comments about Western Digital 500GB My Book Home Edition Triple Interface External Hard Drive:
It's a bit cheap looking, mostly because it is very light (which is actually a big PRO) but it really rocks and possibly the most affordable Triple Interface on the market. Two thumbs up!
- Primary use:
- Personal
Pros
- Durable
- Fast Connectivity
- Quiet
- Reliable
- Versatile
Cons
Best Uses
- Backup
- Large Projects
Comments about Western Digital 500GB My Book Home Edition Triple Interface External Hard Drive:
I have found the drive is very easy to get working and very fast. I use raw files and need the room.
- Primary use:
- Personal
- Similar:
- wd passport
Pros
- Fast Connectivity
- Quiet
- Reliable
Cons
Best Uses
- Backup
- Large Projects
- Multimedia
Comments about Western Digital 500GB My Book Home Edition Triple Interface External Hard Drive:
This is a terrific product. Plug it in, and it works, providing easy backups for my data. After several weeks of use, I have had no problems whatsoever.
- Primary use:
- Personal
- Similar:
- LaCie triple interface drive
Pros
- Fast Connectivity
- Quiet
- Versatile
Cons
Best Uses
- Backup
Comments about Western Digital 500GB My Book Home Edition Triple Interface External Hard Drive:
plug and play for both mac and pc. easiest external hard drive i have purchased. byte for buck this is a great machine. but it today. i bought 3 so far.
- Primary use:
- Personal
Pros
- Durable
- Fast Connectivity
- Quiet
- Reliable
- Versatile
Cons
Best Uses
- Backup
- Laptops
- Large Projects
- Multimedia
Comments about Western Digital 500GB My Book Home Edition Triple Interface External Hard Drive:
This was my first external hard drive that i have ever bought, I wasn't sure if it was going to be noisy or loud or put off much heat or what. I will say though that it has thoroughly impressed me so far. There is relatively no heat put off by it, when it is completely silent in my room I can't even hear it running at max speed. It even is recognized faster than other external hard drives, I borrowed my friends Seagate a few days ago and it took nearly a minute for my laptop to recognize it compared to the few seconds that it takes this. In all i would give this hard drive a ten. It is inexpensive for the storage and it really cant be beat in any category.
- Primary use:
- Personal
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