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RenderedDream
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Registered: Dec 2001
Location: Aveiro

Western Digital Mybook Series (external HDD)

I'm considering buying Western Digital Mybook 500gb Essential Edition (WDG1U5000)
( http://westerndigital.com/en/products/Prod...asp?DriveID=232 )
I've been reading some user opinions and tech reviews and i've found some mixed results.
The vast majoraty of users are satisfied with the product and their con point is that the case is weak plastic looking (which could be very robust i don't know).
Only a few tech sites don't rate it high because of speed performance issues.
One other low is that the case cannot be open, so if the hdd fails i cannot reuse the case on other disks.
The use for it is archival and what i want the most is reliability and error-free operation.
I would like to know your guys opinions.

Some specs:

code:
Performance Specifications
	Rotational Speed	7,200 RPM (nominal)
	Buffer Size	16 MB
	Average Latency	4.20 ms (nominal)
Seek Times
	Read Seek Time	8.9 ms
	Track-To-Track Seek Time	2.0 ms (average)
Serial Transfer Rate
	USB 2.0
	Serial Bus Transfer Rate (USB 2.0)	480 Mbits/s (Max)

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Jul-10-2006 02:09 Portugal

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kadomony
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Registered: Jul 2004
Location: Philly

ive seen it but honestly, id go with a seagate external drive.
ive heard some baaaad things about WD

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DrunkenMaster16
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Registered: Apr 2006
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ive owned 2 WD's in my life.. both have faild with in 3 - 6 months of ownership.

segate or maxtor

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Ted Promo
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Registered: Jun 2005
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my WD external has lasted forever. Doing dandy too.

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LiquidX
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Registered: Mar 2001
Location: In Ur Mind

I have the WD MyBoo 160 GIGS for 50 bucks.. Ive had it for a few days, kust back ups purposes.. its cool.

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Jul-10-2006 02:53

Gillis maximus
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Registered: Sep 2005
Location: G-Vegas

I have the 160 My book external also. Works fine.

Jul-10-2006 03:18 United States

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DJ E-s*it
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Registered: Feb 2002
Location: LATA#23

just got the 250G last week for $100 even..nice deal ,good drive.

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mezzir
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Registered: Nov 2002
Location: assachusetts

got a wd 160gig hd in my friend's xbox, works like a charm
haven't bought any other hard drives in a while
i was looking at that exact model(i think) in best buy a few weeks back and i just didn't feel secure with it

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ahway26
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Registered: Aug 2002
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Ya...dont rely everything on one harddrive..be safe..get a smaller one. If it breaks down at least u didnt spent big bucks on it

Jul-10-2006 05:44 United States

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jdat
Jay Van Dat

Registered: Oct 2001
Location: I dont even know

I have had a WD 80 gig since 2002 or so and the thing works like a charm.

You have to keep in mind that despite the case being aluminium, plastic or what not it still contains a hard drive, and that is what's fragile.
Drop the thing, regardless of the casing and you could damage the hard drive real easilly.
I say that but honestly I have no clue. I wonder if there have been real tests done ??!!?? Like how much drops can a hard drive take when it's in a plastic case versus an aluminium?

I have never dropped mine and it looks as new apart from scratches on the case from being in backpacks and stuff.

Jul-10-2006 08:24

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Sunsnail
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Registered: Sep 2004
Location:

To be honest there's probably not much difference in hard drive companies. Sometimes people get one or two bad hard drives in a row from a certain company and they will hate them forever