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Western Digital My Book Essential Edition
The Western Digital My Book Essential Edition model is a high-end external USB 2.0 hard drive. It is designed for both in-home, and portable use. The Essential Edition hard drive is about the size of an average paperback book and will take up about the same amount of space. It features an available 1TB (1,000GB), 750GB, 640GB, 500GB or 320GB storage capacity, with a 16mb drive cache and a speed of 7200rpm. Additional features include install-free automatic plug in support for PC and Mac computers, energy efficient functionality that automatically turns the hard drive on and off with the connected computer, and USB high speed 2.0 interface support.
MSRP $199.99
Release date March, 2006
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Features
- Size of an average paperback book
- Automatic, install-free, plug-in support for both PC and Mac computers
- Energy efficient functionality
- USB 2.0 interface support
- Drive Size: 1TB (1,000GB), 750GB, 640GB, 500GB, 320GB
- Drive Cache: 16mb
- Drive Speed: 7200rpm
- Weight: 2.5 lbs
- Dimensions (H x L x W): 6.5" x 5.4 x 2.1"
- Operating Temperature: 41° F to 95° F
- AC Input Voltage: 100-240 VAC
What It Holds
- Up to 285,000 digital photos
- Up to 250,000 MP3 songs
- Up to 25,000 songs (uncompressed CD quality music)
- Up to 76 hours of digital video (DV)
- Up to 440 hours of DVD quality video
- Up to 120 hours of HD video
System Requirements
- Available USB port
- Windows 2000/XP/Vista
- Mac OS X 10.4.8 or later
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Western Digital My Book Essential Edition | 1TB
• Western Digital My Book Essential 1 TB USB 2.0 Desktop External Hard Drive WDH1U10000N
UPC: 718037122700
EAN: 018037122701
MPN: WDH1U10000N
Western Digital My Book Essential Edition | 640GB
• Western Digital My Book Essential Edition 640 GB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive WDH1U6400N
• My Book Essential Edition External 640GB Hard Drive
UPC: 718037734590
EAN: 718037734590
MPN: WDH1U6400N
Western Digital My Book Essential Edition | 320GB
• Western Digital Essential Edition 320 GB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive WDH1U3200N
• My Book Essential Edition External 320GB Hard Drive
UPC: 718037116334
EAN: 718037116334
MPN: WDH1U3200N
Western Digital My Book Essential Edition | 500GB
• Western Digital My Book Essential Edition 500 GB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive WDH1U5000N
UPC: 718037120805
EAN: 018037120806
MPN: WDH1U5000N
Western Digital My Book Essential Edition | 160GB
• Western Digital My Book Essential Edition 1 TB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive WDH1U10000N
• My Book Essential Edition External 160GB 3.5" Hard Drive
UPC: 018037120769
EAN: 018037122701
MPN: WDH1U10000N
Western Digital My Book Essential Edition | 750GB
• Western Digital My Book Essential 750 GB USB 2.0 Desktop External Hard Drive WDH1U7500N
• My Book Essential Edition External 750GB Hard Drive
UPC: 718037120812
EAN: 718037120812
MPN: WDH1U7500N
Competitors
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Released January, 2009
Pros
- a great way to keep redundant backups and sensitive data
- industry leading 5 year warranty
- can be stored standing up or laying on its side
- larger capacity than any desktop hard drive available
Cons
- is not as transportable or easy to use on the go (larger, requires secondary power etc...)
Western Digital My Book Essential Edition
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Seagate FreeAgent Desk
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MSRP $99.99
Released January, 2008
Pros
- affordable
- 5-year limited warranty
- backs up all your important data with the push of a button (requires software to be installed)
Cons
- USB 2.0 only
- users must install software on their system to use the easy backup and recovery features
- software is poor and quite limited
Western Digital My Book Essential Edition
vs.
Maxtor OneTouch 4
MSRP $246.95
Released December, 2005
Pros
- perfect design for the Apple Mac Pro
- smaller and more attractive than the dual disk model
- large capacity options
Western Digital My Book Essential Edition
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Iomega UltraMax Single
Reviews
November 13, 2008
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Pros
- small considering the size of the disk
- 7200RPM desktop drive will be faster than smaller notebook equivalents
- Western Digital drive
- wide variety of sizes makes it easy to choose one that best suits your needs and budget
Cons
- desktop drive is larger, heavier, hotter and requires more power
- not as good for use on the go
- no eSATA connection
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May 17, 2009
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Pros
- small considering the size of the disk
- 7200RPM desktop drive will be faster than smaller notebook equivalents
- Western Digital drive
Cons
- desktop drive is larger, heavier, hotter and requires more power
- not as good for use on the go
- Loud compared to internal drives
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January 5, 2009
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Cons
- desktop drive is larger, heavier, hotter and requires more power
- not as good for use on the go
- Loud compared to internal drives
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November 20, 2008
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Pros
- small considering the size of the disk
- Western Digital drive
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Pros
- small considering the size of the disk
- 7200RPM desktop drive will be faster than smaller notebook equivalents
- wide variety of sizes makes it easy to choose one that best suits your needs and budget
Cons
- desktop drive is larger, heavier, hotter and requires more power
- not as good for use on the go
- no eSATA connection
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