Western Digital Elements BPCK5000ABK 500GB
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16 years ago
Western Digital has been a leader in the hard drive and solid state drive market for over 20 years. With a reputation like that it's no surprise that the Western Digital My Book Essential has snatched up our TopTenREVIEWS Gold Award for the best desktop external hard drive you can buy.
Pros:
- This drive secures data with several different avenues of encryption
Cons:
- When reformatted to use with a Mac
- only USB 2.0 connectivity is available
16 years ago
Western Digital My Book (4TB)
The Western Digital My Book (4TB) ($209.99 list) desktop-class external hard drive gives the photo, music, or video collector a place to keep a whole lot of files. It's basic, utilitarian storage that will get the job done, and sometimes that's all you need.
Pros:
- Excellent capacity
- Fanless.
Cons:
- Had trouble with our benchmark tests
- Lacks capacity indicator
16 years ago
External Hard Drive
This is a great product. Back up your entire computer. Lots of room for music and karaoke files. The BEST I would reccommend it to everyone so they don't lose important photos etc.
16 years ago
Very Good storage!!!
It takes up little bit of room since it stands upright. I use mine to store all my movies and music. Its great, all i have to do is plug it right into my TV then sit back and watch all my videos!!! I was surprised with how fast it was to transfer files back and forth to my computer.
Pros:
- Simple Setup
- Easy to Use
- Large Capacity
- Reliable Performance
Cons:
- None
16 years ago
Fast and Easy!
This external hard drive works perfectly and is incredibly easy to use! It is by far the best one I've ever run into. If you have Windows or Linux it will be easy as pie to set up, but if you have a Mac, like me, it is not a good product for beginners!
15 years ago
Great Product
Im a computer tech and love to keep my files in order. This device is so easy to use and file items. It shows me how much space via the lights on the device or just hovering over the icon in lower tool bar. I highly recomend this for anyone who loves to organize their music and movie files.
15 years ago
Western Digital Caviar Green 3TB and My Book Essential 3TB Drives Reviewed
Two months ago I looked at the world's first 3TB desktop hard drive . It was a 5 platter, 3TB Seagate Barracuda XT inside an external GoFlex Desk chassis. The performance of the drive wasn't anything out of the ordinary, but the poorly ventilated chassis seemed ill equipped to deal with the thermal...
15 years ago
This is a great product.
I use this product mainly to backup my laptop. I love the features that come with it. It is very easi to use. There's not really anything bad about it.
Pros:
- Easy To Install
- Highly Compatible
- Quiet
- Reliable
Cons:
- Slow
15 years ago
Great Product for backup
I needed a larger backup hard drive. The My Book Essential meets my needs perfectly. I had already been using my own backup software so did not need the software that came with the My Book.
15 years ago
My Book Essential 3 TB
External hard drives are a nice storage- and back up media, but when getting one you must first choose the connection you want. Network drives are handy if there are many users of PCs sharing the same data, e-SATA has been a fast, dedicated connection for external drives, and then there's USB.
Pros:
- Compact
- Fast
- Stylish
Cons:
- Limited backup software
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