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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
2.5 stars
"A reasonably priced, large capacity external drive. May freeze up from time to time."
Pros: Huge capacity, reasonable price, nice design, many connections.
Cons: Some power supply issues, drive freezes from time to time with a firewire connection.
Summary: I purchased this drive to primarily take adva... read more
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
4.0 stars
"Works well but without the bells and whistles"
Pros: affordable, compact, silent, works like a 1TB hard disk
Cons: special features don't work on the latest OS X (yet), plastic housing is so-so
Summary: I don't know why it was mentioned that this t... read more
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
1.5 stars
"Drive dismounts at random; has issues with Mac OS X Leopard despite firmware upgrade"
Pros: compact, dual Firewire 800 ports, eSata and USB 2.0 connections
Cons: Has issues with Mac OS X Leopard; confusing firmware upgrade requirements
Summary: Have had problems with this drive since its f... read more
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4.0 stars
"A disaster (freezes) until I updated the firmware and device manager for Leopard compatibility."
Pros: With updates, works well with Leopard and time machine.
Cons: Cost. Lack of compatibility with Leopard was not mentioned.
Summary: Utter disaster (constant freezes on my G4) fo... read more
Where to buy
Western Digital My Book Studio Edition (1TB):
$285.00
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