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alaTest.com
Summary: alaTest collected and analyzed 2162 reviews of Elements Portable 500GB from international magazines and websites and compared these to 88462 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: The Western My Book Home Edition WDH1CS10000 is a 1TB, external hard disk drive.Compared to other external hard drives on the market, it is midpriced at around $140.Can connect with both FireWire and USB 2.0 for increased portability.
Pros: Has a 1TB capacity, which is considerably larger than some similarly priced hard drives.In fact, the average cost of a product with this large a capacity is $260.Connects to your PC via high speed USB 2.0 or FireWire cables.This product can also connect to older USB ports, but the transfer rates will be fairly slow.
Cons: None noted, given available product data.
Suitability: Suited for those who don't want to take apart their computer just to add more storage?just plug it in.
Value: In general, this hard drive has good features for the money.
CNET's Product Briefs are generated by a software tool that combines product specifications with knowledge of our editorial experts. They do not reflect hands-on assessment or labs testing. For more information about how we create Product Briefs, contact us.
