nothing good!
I have been transfering ALL of my music, programs, business files, movies, EVERYTHING to this new external hard drive over the last month. It was purchased 1 month ago from Best Buy online. Everything was working fine until today, ironically 1 day past my
Service with WD is pathetic! WD products are garbage!
-easy to install and use
-common USB mini cable
-quiet when in use
-cheap
-slim design
-no Kensington lock
-require external power supply
Overall, it's a good external hard drive if you need the extra space. As a bonus, it provides power saving technology when your computer shuts down. However, I did notice the lack of Kensington lock and the somewhat bulky (but slim compared to other) power supply that would be nice to have.
Inexpensive ($140). Fast enough (1B transfer/minute). Silent. Small (4.5x7.1.25"). Runs cool. Turns itself off when disconnected from computer. No frilly software to get in the way. Reasonably small transformer plug brick (1.5" wide).
No physical on/off switch (but turns itself off when disconnected from computer).
Reviews on other sites critical of things I had no problems with. Perhaps I got a newer model (if so, maybe WD paid attention to criticisms), but I have no complaints so far. USB cord is 4' long - enough to locate the HD on my desktop (since it's small & quiet). On/off light is on the " back" of the unit, next to the power & USB outlets - makes sense, since there's nothing on the "front" of the unit to look at anyway. No feet to suggest vertical operation (don't know if it will), but this is okay - I put my external DVD burners on top of it.
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