04 Nov 07 Western Digital Hard Drive Review
The Western Digital My Book Essential 500GB USB 2.0 External hard drive is a good buy on many counts. For one, WD has always produced good hard disks from the old days. But, let’s look at some of the good things from this particular beauty. I am listing the good and the bad in no particular order and all these are of course subjective opinions:
Good
- Very pretty to look at.
- Good Price.
- Plug and Play Installation.
- Very quiet.
- Rubberized Base to avoid vibration and movement during operation.
- A very small physical space footprint
Bad
- A little ticking sound under heavy loads.
- Lack of Sync software (which bundles with the premium edition).
- Annoying Auto running of packaged software Installation Menu.
All in all, it is still a good buy for your data backup and storage needs.
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