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alaTest.com
Summary: alaTest collected and analyzed 2174 reviews of Elements Portable 500GB from international magazines and websites and compared these to 89393 reviews for other Hard Drives. Experts rate this product 73/100 and users 75/100. The amount of rated reviews for this product is too low to calculate a reliable alaScore™.
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maximumpc.com
Editors' rating: 50
Summary: Worse still, we have good reason to believe that MioNet cripples the My Book's performance. It takes the My Book forever to load up and be recognized by the program, and sometimes the connection doesn't even occur. For some strange reason, the drive ...
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pcworld.com
Editors' rating: 77
Summary: While it streams all media smoothly, we did have one gripe: WD's implementation of the TwonkyMedia configuration pages seemed tacked on and didn't render properly in Firefox (some controls were partially obscured). Also, considering its mainstream ...
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applesource.com.au
Summary: The My Book Studio Edition is a welcome addition to the My Book family, and should find a home on many Mac and PC users' desks. It is available in 320GB, 500GB, 750GB and 1TB editions
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laptopmag.com
Editors' rating: 60
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digitalhomethoughts.com
Summary: Overall, I was pretty pleased with this drive once I got it up and running. While the software could use some work, this is still probably the easiest way for most consumers to add standalone storage as well as remote data access to their network. ...
CNET product brief
Description: This Western My Book Essential Edition 2.0 is a 160GB, external hard disk drive.Compared to other external hard drives on the market, it is relatively inexpensive at around $100.This hard drive connects to a system though a USB 2.0 port.
Pros: Has a 16MB buffer, which is somewhat larger than some similarly priced hard drives.In fact, the typical cost of a product with this large a buffer is $200.Also, this hard drive has a 160GB capacity.This is larger than the average hard drive on the market today, but is to be expected for a hard drive of this price.
Cons: Has a 1 year warranty, which is less favorable than some similarly priced hard drives.For example, the Seagate Maxtor Black Armor, a 160GB hard drive at around $105, has a 5 year warranty.
Suitability: An external hard drive, suited for convenient plug-and-play with most desktop or notebook computers.
Value: In view of its relatively inexpensive price, this hard drive has good features for the money.
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Where to buy
My Book Essential Edition 2.0 WDH1U1600 - hard drive - 160 GB - Hi-Speed USB:
$109.50
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