Product Specifications
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| Brand: | Western Digital |
| Item Height : | 17.2 centimetres |
| Item Width: | 5.7 centimetres |
| Hard Drive | |
| Hard Drive Interface: | USB 1.1 |
Technical Details
- Triple interface — FireWire 800, FireWire 400, and USB 2.0
- EMC Retrospect Express — Powerful backup software that includes full system backup and recovery, easy scheduling, and encryption.
- Capacity gauge — See at a glance how much space is available on your drive.
- Intelligent drive management features — Automatic power-up, Safe Shutdown™, and LED activity lights make this drive especially easy to use.
- Smart design — The compact elegant case, iconic of a book, takes up less space on your desk, stacks horizontally, and allows two or more drives to nestle neatly together like volumes on a shelf.
- High quality hard drive — Inside the case is an exceptionally fast (7200 RPM spin speed), ultra quiet, cool-running hard drive from WD...of course!
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Product Description
Manufacturer's Description
WD's My Book Pro Edition external hard drive with triple interface combines three leading external hard drive interfaces (FireWire 800, FireWire 400, and USB 2.0) on one drive for maximum performance and universal connectivity. Designed to work on both Macintosh computers and PCs, this drive includes powerful EMC Retrospect Express backup and recovery software, a unique Capacity Gauge LED, and capacities up to 500 GB.
Product Description
Technical DataStorage Hard Drive / CapacityGB500Technical DataStorage Hard Drive / Average Seek Timems8.9Technical DataStorage Hard Drive / Spindle Speedrpm7200Technical DataStorage Hard Drive / Buffer SizeMB16Technical DataDimensions & Weight / Widthcm5.7Technical DataDimensions & Weight / Depthcm14.3Technical DataDimensions & Weight / Heightcm17.2Technical DataDimensions & Weight / Weightkg1.2Technical DataStorage Hard Drive / Interface TypeIEEE 1394b (FireWire 800) / IEEE1394 (FireWire) / Hi-Speed USBTechnical DataStorage / TypeHard driveTechnical DataHeader / Product LineMy Book Pro EditionTechnical DataHeader / ModelWDG1T5000Technical DataHeader / CompatibilityPCTechnical DataHeader / Country KitsMiddle EastTechnical DataHeader / ManufacturerWestern DigitalTechnical DataHeader / Packaged Quantity1Technical DataStorage Hard Drive / Hard Drive TypeExternal hard driveTechnical DataExternal Hard Drive / Power SourceIncluded AC adapter
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Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
39 of 40 people found the following review helpful
I have a lot of external drives, mostly LaCie. However, the LaCie 1Tb drives and the 500Gb are noisy - so when one of them eventually died, I looked for a replacement. WOW! What a replacement. I immediately bought 2 of these. They are superb. Very small, they can stand vertically - they are like a paperback book (slightly fatter) and can stand side by side, since the ventilation is on the top. Superbly designed. Extremely quiet I've not seen anything better on the market.
37 of 39 people found the following review helpful
I have had this for about 2 weeks now and feel i have to write in to counter the flawless reviews this product has had so far on this page (which was one of the reasons i chose it over other brands). This review is based on using it on Mac OSX (on a macbook pro) and Windows XP (on a desktop PC and also on 'bootcamp' on the macbook pro). It was connected via FW800 to the MBP and via USB2 to the desktop PC (not simultaneously - i could not get it to do this despite Western Digital's claims that the drive can connect to macs and PCs simultaneously).
The Positives:
-With FW800 it is incredibly fast, I am very impressed at the speed.
-It is very nice looking and smaller than i expected from the pictures.
-The button on the front is well thought out and is a very useful idea.
The Negatives:
-Sometimes the drive doesn't mount. In both OSX and Windows there have been occasions where i have switched on the computer and the drive is not there, i have to take out the firewire cable switch off the drive and reboot for it to show up.
-Noise. Contrary to other reviews i have read the drive is very noisy. The fan can be easily heard above my macbook and PC, and when it is reading or writing it makes quite loud 'drive' noise. This is especially bad when it is placed on a hard surface.
-Goes to sleep too easily. If you haven't opened a file on the drive for about 5 minutes, the drive sleeps and the noise goes away (which is a plus) but when you then try to access a file you have to wait about 10 seconds for it to power itself back up from sleep mode, which gets annoying when working on things.
Verdict:
All in all, i didnt expect to be writing this many negative points, perhaps my one is noisier than others and perhaps there is a way to stop it sleeping all the time, but then i will have to choose between constant fan noise or long loading times. I am disapointed, low noise is a crucial factor to me as i work with audio.
The Positives:
-With FW800 it is incredibly fast, I am very impressed at the speed.
-It is very nice looking and smaller than i expected from the pictures.
-The button on the front is well thought out and is a very useful idea.
The Negatives:
-Sometimes the drive doesn't mount. In both OSX and Windows there have been occasions where i have switched on the computer and the drive is not there, i have to take out the firewire cable switch off the drive and reboot for it to show up.
-Noise. Contrary to other reviews i have read the drive is very noisy. The fan can be easily heard above my macbook and PC, and when it is reading or writing it makes quite loud 'drive' noise. This is especially bad when it is placed on a hard surface.
-Goes to sleep too easily. If you haven't opened a file on the drive for about 5 minutes, the drive sleeps and the noise goes away (which is a plus) but when you then try to access a file you have to wait about 10 seconds for it to power itself back up from sleep mode, which gets annoying when working on things.
Verdict:
All in all, i didnt expect to be writing this many negative points, perhaps my one is noisier than others and perhaps there is a way to stop it sleeping all the time, but then i will have to choose between constant fan noise or long loading times. I am disapointed, low noise is a crucial factor to me as i work with audio.
44 of 48 people found the following review helpful
I did not know what to expect, but after setting up the hard drive (via USB, I have not tested with Firewire) which was a doddle, it started up automatically with my PC. The light on the front of the hard drive let's you know visually whether it's on (very thoughtful design) and how full it actually is!
I was worried after some reviews of the larger hard drives whether or not I would be drowned out with noise, but thank fully it is extremely quiet, and cannot be heard above my two office PCs.
The built-in software even allowed me to try it's one button back up which worked a charm, not that I will be using the feature again as I need it more for incremental backups.
Remarkably light if it ever needs to be transported of site.
All in all I can't praise it enough.
A great product from Western Digital and one I highly recommend.
I was worried after some reviews of the larger hard drives whether or not I would be drowned out with noise, but thank fully it is extremely quiet, and cannot be heard above my two office PCs.
The built-in software even allowed me to try it's one button back up which worked a charm, not that I will be using the feature again as I need it more for incremental backups.
Remarkably light if it ever needs to be transported of site.
All in all I can't praise it enough.
A great product from Western Digital and one I highly recommend.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Problems with Hard Disk constantly on
I bought the My Book Pro (500GB) in 2007 and within months the Hard Disk was making strange noises and constantly thrashing. Read more
Published on 18 Jan 2010 by Mr. Joseph Lai
JUNK
I bought three of these, every single one failed on me on separate occasions.
WD drives are great, but their enclosures are anything but reliable!
WD drives are great, but their enclosures are anything but reliable!
Published on 1 Feb 2009 by S. Tracey
VERY BAD IN FIREWIRE
This device works perfectly when connected with USB. The problem starts when the driver is connected by Firewire. Read more
Published on 25 Sep 2008 by Prince
Problems hopefully solved
Hi there, I use this drive as a time machine backup drive for my recording studio, this is my fulltime job so I need to know that the backups are working as they should. Read more
Published on 17 Sep 2008 by Marc Hill
Failed HDD.
I am an architecture student who deals with large files and all types of files. I bought this drive because of my ever running out HDD space and used it to store my portfolio of... Read more
Published on 25 Jun 2008 by Mr. J. P. Cooper
Great Hard Drive
I have owned one of these for around six months now and thought I would add my review as there seems to be some mixed reviews with various issues. Read more
Published on 2 Jan 2008 by r88my
Works perfectly with Macs .. just needs a little work..
I bought the 750Gb version of this drive to run in conjunction with my new iMac 24" Intel and more specifically Time Machine to back everything up. Read more
Published on 20 Dec 2007 by James Shepard
Great for a while and then firewire failed!
Worked lovely for me for a few months using 10.4 and then leopard, then the drive stopped being recognised using firewire 800 and 400 - although still fine under usb). Read more
Published on 18 Nov 2007 by T. Seaber
Super-Easy for 'Time Machine' back-ups with Mac OS X Leopard
I bought the drive days before my new iMac arrived as I wanted to be ready for Apple's 'Time Machine' back-ups. Read more
Published on 18 Nov 2007 by Mr. Robin Guest
Excellent drive - A better compromise than many others
I have had my 500GB MyBook Pro for six months or so now. To date it has performed brilliantly with no noticeable problems at all. Read more
Published on 16 Nov 2007 by R. Kent
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